Perceived Similarity Among Adolescent Friends

The Role of Reciprocity, Friendship Quality, and Gender

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670629
AutoresStine Linden-Andersen (0000-0002-0523-2703, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,, autor de correspondencia), Dorothy Markiewicz (Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada), Anna-Beth Doyle (Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Anna‐beth Doyle (Concordia University)
Año2008
Volumen29
Número5
Páginas617-637
Fecha de publicación2008-11-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431608324372
OpenAlexW2064725547
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas35

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