Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents.
Department of Psychology.
Sch Psychol. 2022 Sep;37(5):410-419. doi: 10.1037/spq0000507. Epub 2022 Jul 7.
Friendships affect children's development and adjustment. This longitudinal study examined the possible heterogeneity and gender differences in the trajectories of children's friendship quality, as well as the relations between distinct friendship quality trajectories and school adjustment. A total of 3,779 Chinese elementary school students (45.5% girls, = 9.94 years, = 0.72 at Time 1) completed measures of relevant constructs on five occasions at 6-month intervals. Latent class growth modeling revealed four heterogeneous developmental trajectory classes of friendship quality: high-increasing (49.6%), moderate-decreasing (5.1%), moderate-increasing (31.9%), and low-stable (13.4%). Girls were more likely than boys to fall into the higher friendship quality trajectory classes in reference to the low-stable class. Children in the high-increasing class and low-stable class showed the best and the worst school adjustment, respectively. The identification of four heterogeneous developmental trajectories of friendship quality with differential school adjustment outcomes highlights the importance of intervention programs tailored to specific groups for promoting children's friendship quality and school adjustment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
友谊影响儿童的发展和适应。本纵向研究考察了儿童友谊质量轨迹的可能异质性和性别差异，以及不同友谊质量轨迹与学校适应之间的关系。共有 3779 名中国小学生（45.5%为女生，平均年龄为 9.94 岁，T1 时为 0.72）在 6 个月的时间间隔内，共完成了五次相关结构的测量。潜在类别增长模型显示，友谊质量有四种不同的发展轨迹类型：高增长型（49.6%）、中等下降型（5.1%）、中等增长型（31.9%）和低稳定型（13.4%）。与低稳定型相比，女孩更有可能进入更高的友谊质量轨迹类型。处于高增长类和低稳定类的儿童在学校适应方面分别表现出最好和最差的情况。识别出友谊质量具有不同的发展轨迹，与不同的学校适应结果相关，这突出了针对特定群体的干预计划的重要性，以促进儿童的友谊质量和学校适应。
