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Attachment, Friendship, and Psychosocial Functioning in Early Adolescence

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ID11670882
AuthorsKenneth H Rubin (0000-0002-2608-2484, University of Maryland,, corresponding author), Kathleen M Dwyer (University of Maryland), Cathryn Booth‐laforce (0000-0002-9630-9250, University of Washington), Angel H Kim (University of Maryland), Kim B Burgess (University of Maryland), Linda Rose-Krasnor (Brock University), Linda Rose‐krasnor (Brock University)
Year2004
Volume24
Issue4
Pages326-356
Publication date2004-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431604268530
PMID16703116
PMCIDPMC1461415
OpenAlexW2159371769
LanguageEN
Citations received115
References cited47

Fifth-graders' (N = 162; 93 girls) relationships with parents and friends were examined with respect to their main and interactive effects on psychosocial functioning. Participants reported on parental support, the quality of their best friendships, self-worth, and perceptions of social competence. Peers reported on aggression, shyness and withdrawal, and rejection and victimization. Mothers reported on psychological adjustment. Perceived parental support and friendship quality predicted higher global self-worth and social competence and less internalizing problems. Perceived parental support predicted fewer externalizing problems, and paternal (not maternal) support predicted lower rejection and victimization. Friendship quality predicted lower rejection and victimization for only girls. Having a supportive mother protected boys from the effects of low-quality friendships on their perceived social competence. High friendship quality buffered the effects of low maternal support on girls' internalizing difficulties

Aggression · Anxiety · Competence (human resources · Developmental psychology · Friendship · Perception · Preadolescence · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Shyness · Social change · Social competence · Social support · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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