Adolescent interpersonal relationships, social support and loneliness in high schools: Mediation effect and gender differences

Zhang, Baoshan; Gao, Qianyun; Fokkema, Marjolein; Alterman, Valeria; Liu, Qian

doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.05.003

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“…Thus, girls who do not feel supported in the school environment were at greater risk for high peer susceptibility; however, boys who were similarly unsupported did not experience the same risk. These results are consistent with research showing the relatively greater impact of social support on girls' well‐being, as compared with boys' (Koenig & Abrams, ; Tennant et al, ; Zhang, Gao, Fokkema, Alterman, & Liu, ), although caution should be taken in interpreting these results as meaning that support at school is unimportant for boys. Rather, other social or social‐cognitive factors may be associated with school support for boys.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

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Susceptibility to peer influence during middle school: Links with social support, peer harassment, and gender

Goldstein

Lee

Gunn

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Psychology in the Schools

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The present study explores concurrent relations between social support, gender, susceptibility to peer influence, and peer‐based aggression and harassment in a socioeconomically and racially diverse sample of 774 seventh and eighth grade students. Results indicate that students perceiving lower support from their family or school were relatively more likely to be highly susceptible to peer influence, and to have friends who they believed were also highly susceptible to peer influence. Further, higher susceptibility to peer influence was associated with increased involvement in relational aggression and sexual harassment, both as a perpetrator and as a victim. Gender moderation effects were also found. The negative association of school support and susceptibility to peer influence was found greater in girls than boys. Girls who were highly susceptible to peer influence, or who had friends who were highly susceptible, had a relatively greater risk for involvement in relational aggression and sexual harassment, as compared with boys. Implications of these results for educators and school‐based mental health professionals are discussed, and suggestions for future research are offered.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Susceptibility to peer influence during middle school: Links with social support, peer harassment, and gender

Goldstein

Lee

Gunn

et al. 2019

Psychology in the Schools

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“…This may be due to the fact that girls need more emotional and social support than boys . The literature has shown that girls have higher addiction and boys have higher loneliness levels …”

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“…School life is an important time when children and adolescents can interact in social circles . Children who have problems with their social environment can be affected psychologically and behaviorally .…”

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“…31 The literature has shown that girls have higher addiction 32,33 and boys have higher loneliness levels. 30,34 Children feel comfortable in a family environment where they are loved, are able to create reliable relationships, and where their needs are met. 35 In the related field text, it is stated that children who are not supported by their parents, friends, teachers, and their environment and children that have bad relationships, exhibit higher addiction behaviors [36][37][38] and experience more loneliness.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…interact in social circles. 30 Children who have problems with their social environment can be affected psychologically and behaviorally. 45 Current studies have shown that children and adolescents exhibit Internet and smartphone addiction behaviors.…”

Section: School Life Is An Important Time When Children and Adolescenmentioning

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Examining the moderating effects of school factors on sense of acceptance and mental health: A multilevel analysis

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Children who feel unaccepted by their mothers tend to have poor mental health. Although school factors (social support from homeroom or from teachers and friends, as well as classroom satisfaction) can protect students, few studies have examined these factors at the classroom level. Understanding the relationships between sense of acceptance, school factors and mental health may help students. This study, conducted in Japan, examines how sense of acceptance at the student level and school factors at the student and classroom levels affect the mental health variables of depression, loneliness, subjective happiness and emotional wellbeing. In total, 1470 Japanese school students (8–15 years old) from 68 classes participated. Multilevel analysis was conducted at the student and classroom levels. At the classroom level, social support from friends was associated with lower depression and loneliness and higher emotional wellbeing (p < 0.01). A positive classroom climate moderated the relationships of sense of acceptance with depression, loneliness, subjective happiness and emotional wellbeing (p < 0.05). Social support from friends at the classroom level and positive classroom climate at the student level serve as protective factors for students who feel unaccepted by their mothers. More activities boosting classroom student interactions would benefit such students.

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Adolescent interpersonal relationships, social support and loneliness in high schools: Mediation effect and gender differences

Cited by 49 publications

References 70 publications

Susceptibility to peer influence during middle school: Links with social support, peer harassment, and gender

Susceptibility to peer influence during middle school: Links with social support, peer harassment, and gender

The effects of technology use on working young loneliness and social relationships

Examining the moderating effects of school factors on sense of acceptance and mental health: A multilevel analysis

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