Social Goals and Adolescent Friendships: Social Selection, Deselection, and Influence
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12043
Abstract
This study examined adolescent friendship selection and social influence with regard to agentic (status and power) and communal (closeness and affiliation) goals at three waves during middle school (N = 504; 12–14 years; 53% boys). Meta‐level findings across four friendship networks indicated social influence for both goal orientations: friends grew more similar to each other in agentic as well as communal goals. Moreover, in one friendship network, similarity in agentic goals predicted friendship deselection or termination of these relationships over time. Theoretical and practical implications for the study of adolescent social goals and friendships are discussed.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Research on Adolescence, v. 23, issue 3, p. 550-562.
Scholar Commons Citation
Ojanen, Tiina; Sijtsema, J. J.; and Rambaran, J. A., "Social Goals and Adolescent Friendships: Social Selection, Deselection, and Influence" (2013). Psychology Faculty Publications. 913.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/913
