Preadolescent peer friendships: A critical contribution to adult social relatedness?

Fullerton, Carol S.; Ursano, Robert J.

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“…An adolescent's interpersonal relationships and behaviors are deeply shaped by his/her peers. The peers become an important element of social support for his/her adult life, since adolescent friendship experience with close friends ("chumship"; see Fullerton & Ursano, 1994) provides personal identification and essential recognition of social status (Schiamberg, Paulson, & Zawacki, 1998), and further helps develop social support and exerts social influence (Fullerton & Ursano, 1994). Furthermore, Mack, Kowalski, and Crocker (2007) indict that the number of friendship groups of which an individual is a part may influence the degree of impact any one peer group may have over an individual.…”

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Cyber peers’ influence for adolescent consumer in decision‐making styles and online purchasing behavior

Niu

2013

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Nowadays, there is a boom in online purchasing, especially by adolescents. In fact, scholars and marketers alike have long noticed the emergence of adolescent consumers and their consumption behaviors. This research aims at exploring the effect of adolescent decision‐making styles on online purchasing behavior, with peer influence as a moderating variable. An online questionnaire survey was conducted on 2,419 adolescents and further verified by regression analysis and analysis of covariance. Adolescents with planned purchase behaviors can be considered as rational consumers, in that they do not care about fashion, or recreational, hedonistic shopping consciousness, but rather focus on brand, price value, and high quality. Indeed, adolescent purchase decision making can be strengthened by peer influence.

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Section: Peer Influence: Normative Social Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

Cyber peers’ influence for adolescent consumer in decision‐making styles and online purchasing behavior

Niu

2013

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…Because of the need for social skills in particular in the transitional period from early adolescence to late adolescence, it was expected that the negative effects of a lack of skills for satisfactory functioning in friendships would become more manifest through the adolescent years (see Fullerton & Ursano, 1994). Tests of age differences within the models were therefore conducted.…”

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Parenting Practices, Social Skills and Peer Relationships in Adolescence

Engels¹,

Deković

Meeus³

2002

soc behav pers

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The influence of parents on their offsprings' peer relations is not limited to childhood but continues throughout the adolescent years. Little is, however, known about which mechanisms link adolescent functioning in family and peer systems. This study focuses on social skills as a mediator between characteristics of the parent-child relationship and peer relations. Data from a cross-sectional study among 508 12-18-year olds were used for analyses. Findings showed that adolescents' social skills mediated the effects of some parental practices, such as responsiveness, autonomy, cohesion, as well as parental attachment on the degree of peer activity, the attachment to peers and perceived social support from peers to some extent. Nonetheless, direct parental influence on peer relations remained apparent after controlling for the effects of social skills. No effects of gender and age were found. The overall picture is that social skills of adolescents as well as parenting factors, parental attachment and family climate are associated with the quality and intensity of peer relations.The period of adolescence represents a time of transformations in social relationships. Adolescents spend increasing time in activities with peers without the supervision of adults such as parents and teachers. It is important for them to come in contact with new friends or to strengthen existing bonds. In this way, they get reflections on their own opinions, ideas and emotions (Brown, 1990). Adolescent friendships become more intimate and personal by more frequent disclosure of feelings and thoughts and by provision of emotional support (Buhrmester & Furman, 1987). Despite the increasing relevance of peer rela-SOCIAL

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“…There is general agreement that this special friendship to be considered as chumship should last for at least 6 months. 2 Sullivan 1 was the first theoretician who studied chumship. He ascribed to pre-adolescent friendship a crucial role in promoting individual skills for intimate relationship and in protecting mental health in adulthood.…”

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Pre-adolescent chumship as a buffer against psychopathology in adolescents with weak family support and weak parental bonding

Bachar

Canetti

Bonne

et al. 1997

Child Psych Hum Dev

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This study examines the degree to which the existence of a pre-adolescent "chum" interacts with family and social environments to buffer mental distress in adolescents. 831 high school students participated in this study, (male: 355; female: 476; mean age 16.7 +/- 1.0). Subjects were administered questionnaires assessing psychopathology and support systems. A pathway analyses model was used to investigate pathways and their interrelationships from chum to psychopathology and from social and family support to psychopathology. Only when adolescents experience weak parental bonding does chumship have a role in buffering distress.

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Preadolescent peer friendships: A critical contribution to adult social relatedness?

Cited by 20 publications

References 44 publications

Cyber peers’ influence for adolescent consumer in decision‐making styles and online purchasing behavior

Cyber peers’ influence for adolescent consumer in decision‐making styles and online purchasing behavior

Parenting Practices, Social Skills and Peer Relationships in Adolescence

Pre-adolescent chumship as a buffer against psychopathology in adolescents with weak family support and weak parental bonding

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