Missouri State University.
University of Colorado.
J Res Adolesc. 2021 Dec;31(4):1152-1171. doi: 10.1111/jora.12622. Epub 2021 May 16.
The protective role of friendships in middle school is well established, yet no research to date has examined how to build friendships among middle school peers. In the present research, we adapted the Fast Friends procedure for inducing interpersonal closeness to promote friendships among students (n = 301) in middle school. Given the growing diversity in the K-12 population and the benefits of cross-ethnic friendships for ethnic majority and minority youth, we examined whether the intervention was equally effective at fostering same- and cross-ethnic friendships. Results indicated that the intervention successfully increased interpersonal closeness and friendships for participants in both same- and cross-ethnic conditions. Implications for using Fast Friends to promote the healthy social development of adolescent youth are discussed.
友谊在中学阶段具有保护作用，这一点已得到充分证实，但迄今为止，还没有研究探讨如何在中学生中建立友谊。在本研究中，我们改编了“快速交友”程序，以促进中学生（n=301）之间的人际交往，从而建立友谊。鉴于 K-12 人群的多样性不断增加，以及跨种族友谊对多数族裔和少数族裔青少年的好处，我们研究了该干预措施是否同样能有效地促进同种族和跨种族的友谊。结果表明，该干预措施在同种族和跨种族条件下都能成功地提高参与者的人际亲密感和友谊。讨论了使用“快速交友”来促进青少年健康社交发展的意义。
