OBJECTIVE There were two main aims: first, to illuminate the difference between abused children's general popularity with classmates and success in close friendships; second, to examine the specific interactional qualities of abused children's friendships and their links to loneliness. METHOD Thirty-five severely abused children and 43 matched, nonabused children were compared on peer-rated s...

BACKGROUND Many studies have examined the negative impact on smartphone addiction in adolescents. Recent concerns have focused on predictors of smartphone addiction. This study aimed to investigate the association of adolescents' smartphone addiction with family environment (specifically, domestic violence and parental addiction). We further investigated whether self-control and friendship qual...

The present longitudinal study examined the role of quality of friendship in mediating the relation of pro-sociality to self-esteem over time. Participants were 424 Italian young adults (56% females) assessed at two waves (M(age) = 21.1 at Time 1; M(age) = 25 at Time 2). An autoregressive cross-lagged panel model was used to test the mediational model. Self- and friend-report measures of pro-so...

Abstract. The identity formation of adolescents in a collective society is dependent on their significant relationship with other people. Therefore, this study aims to examine the role parents and friends adolescents’ Indonesia. This research was conducted using quantitative survey method involving 489 142, 178, 169 early, middle, late adolescent phases ranging from 12 21 years. Data collection...

In this research, we considered how various structural aspects of friendship networks relate to marital quality according gender. To investigate issue, drew on data from a large longitudinal survey functioning based 903 heterosexual couples living in Switzerland. Using reports male and female partners, explored the extent which joint contacts, transitivity, overlap structures affect indicators ...

This prospective study examines the relationship between aspects of the neighbourhood social environment and subsequent depressive symptoms in over 7,500 participants of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Neighbourhood social environment at baseline was operationalised using four items capturing social cohesion and three items capturing perceived safety and associations with the C...

Title of Dissertation: OBSERVED SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING AND FRIENDSHIP QUALITY IN CHILREN WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Sara Heverly-Fitt, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation directed by: Dr. Kenneth Rubin, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology Children who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at risk for a variety of maladaptive cognitive, behavioral an...

Friendship-making is considered a well-established domain of deficit for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), with this population sometimes described as incapable of making friends. However, the majority of children with ASD indicate a desire for friends, and many report having friends. To what degree, then, do youth with ASD succeed in achievi...