Adolescent social learning within supportive friendships: Self-disclosure and relationship quality from adolescence to adulthood.
J Res Adolesc
; 34(3): 805-817, 2024 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-38650089
ABSTRACT
This study examines links between self-disclosure and relationship quality with close friends from adolescence to adulthood. A diverse community sample of adolescents (N = 184) participated in survey and observational measures annually from ages 13 through 29, along with their close friends and romantic partners. Random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling (RICLPM) was used to parse markers of within-individual change from age 13 to 18. Long-term longitudinal path models also investigated cascading associations among self-disclosure and relationship quality, on aggregate, from adolescence to adulthood. Adolescents who reported a higher-quality friendship in a given year demonstrated greater-than-expected increases in self-disclosure the following year, and an adolescent demonstrated high self-disclosure one year reported greater-than-expected increases in friendship quality the following year. Higher mean self-disclosure in adolescence predicted higher mean self-disclosure in adulthood. Results are interpreted as identifying high-quality adolescent friendships as key contexts for developing intimacy-building capacities (i.e. self-disclosure), which sets the stage for satisfying close relationships in adulthood.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Self Disclosure
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Friends
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Interpersonal Relations
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Res Adolesc
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos
Country of publication:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA