Markovic Andrea, Bowker Julie C
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Dev Psychol. 2017 Aug;53(8):1462-1473. doi: 10.1037/dev0000343. Epub 2017 May 22.
The present study evaluated whether 3 indices of friendship adjustment (mutual friendship involvement, friendship stability, friendship quality) are important, but overlooked, moderators of the impact of anxious-withdrawal on trajectories of psychological maladjustment during early adolescence. Participants included 271 young adolescents (51% boys; M = 11.83 years; 42% ethnic minority) who completed peer nomination and self-report measures at 3 waves in a longitudinal study. In line with hypotheses, growth curve analyses revealed that anxious-withdrawal predicted less negative psychological adjustment trajectories for friended young adolescents, albeit somewhat differently for boys and girls. Understanding the unique significance of friendships in the lives of anxious-withdrawn young adolescents could improve interventions as their friendships may be more successfully targeted than their group-level peer difficulties. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究评估了友谊适应的三个指标（相互友谊参与度、友谊稳定性、友谊质量）是否是重要但被忽视的调节因素，这些因素会影响青少年早期焦虑退缩对心理适应不良轨迹的影响。参与者包括271名青少年（51%为男孩；平均年龄11.83岁；42%为少数民族），他们在一项纵向研究的三个阶段完成了同伴提名和自我报告测量。与假设一致，生长曲线分析表明，焦虑退缩预测了有朋友的青少年心理适应轨迹的负面程度较低，尽管男孩和女孩的情况略有不同。了解友谊在焦虑退缩青少年生活中的独特意义可能会改善干预措施，因为与他们在群体层面的同伴困难相比，他们的友谊可能更容易成为成功干预的目标。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
