Perceptions of friendship among youth with distressed friends.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
; 45(1): 99-109, 2014 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23605775
ABSTRACT
This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between a friend's level of internalizing distress and the focal child's perceptions of friendship amongst 5th, 8th, and 11th grade youth. Participants completed the Youth Self-Report to assess internalizing distress and measures assessing perceptions of friendship quality, social support, and self-disclosure within reciprocal, same-sex friendship dyads. Results indicated that youth with friends experiencing low levels of internalizing distress reported poorer friendship quality and decreased levels of social support and self-disclosure within the friendship compared to youth with friends experiencing average or high internalizing distress. In a second set of analyses controlling for the focal child's own internalizing symptoms, gender, and age, friend's level of internalizing distress remained a significant, unique predictor of target participants' self-disclosure about their own problems within the friendship. The findings suggest that a mild degree of internalizing distress may enhance, rather than harm, friendships amongst youth.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Social Perception
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Social Support
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Stress, Psychological
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Friends
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Interpersonal Relations
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article