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Perceived Similarity Among Adolescent Friends

The Role of Reciprocity, Friendship Quality, and Gender

Bibliographic Data

ID11670629
AuthorsStine Linden-Andersen (0000-0002-0523-2703, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,, corresponding author), Dorothy Markiewicz (Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada), Anna-Beth Doyle (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Anna‐beth Doyle (Concordia University)
Year2008
Volume29
Issue5
Pages617-637
Publication date2008-11-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431608324372
OpenAlexW2064725547
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited35

Perceived similarity of personality in same-sex friends was examined in a sample of 124 adolescents (63 girls). Adolescents rated themselves and a nominated friend ( n = 42 reciprocated, 82 non-reciprocated dyads) on developmentally relevant personality items assessing autonomy, prosociality, and responsive caregiving. Results from hierarchical linear modeling and multiple regression analyses generally supported predictions: Greater perceived similarity was marginally positively associated with more favorable ratings of friendship quality and significantly negatively associated with conflict ratings in the friendship. Adolescents in reciprocated friendships rated themselves as more similar in personality and more positive in friendship quality than did non-reciprocated dyads. A mediational analysis revealed that the association between reciprocity and perceived similarity was mediated by positive friendship quality. These findings suggest that reciprocated friends’ perceptions of being more similar in personality may in part be accounted for by their more favorable judgments of their friendship quality

Developmental psychology · Friendship · Multilevel model · Perception · Personality · Prosocial behavior · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Similarity (geometry · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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