Prospective Relations Between Adolescents' Social-emotional Competencies and Their Friendships
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In: Social Development, Vol. 23, No. 4, 11.2014, p. 684–701.
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T1 - Prospective Relations Between Adolescents' Social-emotional Competencies and Their Friendships
AU - Von Salisch, M.
AU - Zeman, Janice L.
AU - Lüpschen, Nadine
AU - Kanevski, R.
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - Little is known about what factors predict the formation of reciprocal same-sex friendships during early adolescence. To examine whether social-emotional competencies aid in establishing and maintaining these friendships at the beginning and end of seventh grade, 380 German youth (mean age = 12.6 years; 49 percent boys; 100 percent White) reported on their peer support networks and on three broad categories of social-emotional competencies (i.e., non-constructive anger regulation, constructive anger regulation, emotional awareness, and expression disclosure). Regression analyses indicated the number of reciprocal friendships at Time 2 (T2) was predicted by adolescents' constructive anger regulation through redirection of attention, and social support when angry at the friend, even after controlling for Time 1 number of friends and peer acceptance. Among girls, willingness to self-disclose marginally predicted their number of reciprocal friends at T2. Results are discussed in terms of the specific social-emotional competencies that facilitate involvement in reciprocal friendships.
AB - Little is known about what factors predict the formation of reciprocal same-sex friendships during early adolescence. To examine whether social-emotional competencies aid in establishing and maintaining these friendships at the beginning and end of seventh grade, 380 German youth (mean age = 12.6 years; 49 percent boys; 100 percent White) reported on their peer support networks and on three broad categories of social-emotional competencies (i.e., non-constructive anger regulation, constructive anger regulation, emotional awareness, and expression disclosure). Regression analyses indicated the number of reciprocal friendships at Time 2 (T2) was predicted by adolescents' constructive anger regulation through redirection of attention, and social support when angry at the friend, even after controlling for Time 1 number of friends and peer acceptance. Among girls, willingness to self-disclose marginally predicted their number of reciprocal friends at T2. Results are discussed in terms of the specific social-emotional competencies that facilitate involvement in reciprocal friendships.
KW - Psychology
KW - emotion
KW - friendship
KW - Social behavior
KW - adolescence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908111445&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/sode.12064
DO - 10.1111/sode.12064
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 23
SP - 684
EP - 701
JO - Social Development
JF - Social Development
SN - 0961-205X
IS - 4
ER -