Differential Susceptibility to Friendship Quality: The Role of Need for Approval
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| Title: | Differential Susceptibility to Friendship Quality: The Role of Need for Approval |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Rebekah B. Clapham (ORCID |
| Source: | Social Development. 2025 34(3). |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Friendship, Well Being, Adolescents, Gender Differences, Peer Acceptance, Stress Variables, Antisocial Behavior, Prosocial Behavior, Interpersonal Competence, Social Adjustment |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sode.12807 |
| ISSN: | 0961-205X 1467-9507 |
| Abstract: | Friendships assume a salient role in well-being during mid-adolescence. This research examined (a) how friendship quality (stressful vs. supportive) is differentially associated with mid-adolescents' social adjustment (engagement in antisocial vs. prosocial behavior); (b) the extent to which these associations are contingent on individual differences in the tendency to base one's self-worth on peer approval; and (c) whether these associations differ in boys and girls. Adolescents (N = 324; 179 girls; M[subscript age] = 14.87; SD = 1.22) completed questionnaires during a school-based assessment. For boys, friendship stress was associated with more antisocial behavior among adolescents with high levels of avoidance-oriented need for approval (NFA), whereas friendship support was associated with more prosocial behavior among adolescents with low levels of avoidance-oriented NFA. For girls, friendship quality and NFA made independent contributions to social behavior. This research provides a more nuanced understanding of the role of friendship quality in social competence. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1478571 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Friendships assume a salient role in well-being during mid-adolescence. This research examined (a) how friendship quality (stressful vs. supportive) is differentially associated with mid-adolescents' social adjustment (engagement in antisocial vs. prosocial behavior); (b) the extent to which these associations are contingent on individual differences in the tendency to base one's self-worth on peer approval; and (c) whether these associations differ in boys and girls. Adolescents (N = 324; 179 girls; M[subscript age] = 14.87; SD = 1.22) completed questionnaires during a school-based assessment. For boys, friendship stress was associated with more antisocial behavior among adolescents with high levels of avoidance-oriented need for approval (NFA), whereas friendship support was associated with more prosocial behavior among adolescents with low levels of avoidance-oriented NFA. For girls, friendship quality and NFA made independent contributions to social behavior. This research provides a more nuanced understanding of the role of friendship quality in social competence. |
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| ISSN: | 0961-205X 1467-9507 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sode.12807 |
