Sweet sixteen ... Adolescents’ problems and the peer group as source of support

Kirchler, Erich; Pombeni, Maria Luisa; Palmonari, Augusto

doi:10.1007/bf03172773

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“…The youngsters begin to demand greater autonomy and an altered relationship with parents. At the same time peers plays significant role in adolescents' emergence from family towards independence [5,6]. However parents still remain strong socializing agents throughout the period and this positive relationship act to enhance self-esteem among adolescents [7,8].…”

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Perceived social support and psychological wellbeing among Nepalese adolescents: the mediating role of self-esteem

2020

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Background: Adolescence is characterized by unique, multiple physical, psychological and social development. Understanding the well-being of adolescents and the factors that contribute to it will help towards clarifying and defining ways to better help adolescents prepare for adult life. Therefore, the present study aims to find out the relationship between Perceived Social Support (PSS) and Psychological Well-Being (PWB) among Nepalese adolescence based on mediating role of Self-esteem (SE). Methods: The study was conducted among 348 adolescents studying in grade 9 and 10 of government secondary level schools of Pokhara Metropolitan city, Nepal. Data were collected through self-administered standard tools-Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). For statistical analysis descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and mediation analyses were used. The statistical significance of mediating effect of the tested model was examined through a path proposed by Baron and Kenny and Bootstrap method. Results: Overall, the finding suggests that PSS indirectly affects PWB of adolescents through mediating variable SE. Adolescents who perceive good social support had higher SE, which in turn contributed to their PWB. Furthermore, the study found no significant gender difference for PSS, SE and PWB. Also among various sources of PSS, both boys and girls were more oriented towards family for social support than friends and others. Conclusion: Adolescents who experience higher social support are likely to have higher SE and are more likely to have better PWB. The findings of the study will be useful to the parents, teachers, counselors, psychologist and researchers to develop strategies to enhance adolescent's mental health.

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“…While the type of group proved to be insignificant, the subjects' degree of identification with their groups significantly affected descriptions of the self, ingroups and outgroups as well as the evaluation of developmental tasks, and the difficulty of coping with developmental tasks. Highly identified adolescents described themselves, the ingroup and outgroup 1 in more positive terms, and drug consumers (outgroup 2) in more negative terms, than did low identifiers (Palmonari, Pombeni & Kirchler, 1989Kirchler, Pombeni & Palmonari, 1991).…”

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“…The main interest concerned the descriptions of themselves, their peers, and others. In addition, we focused our attention on developmental tasks and adolescents' coping strategies (see Kirchler, Pombeni & Palmonari, 1991;. As concerns the representations of self, peers, and others, we hypothesized that teenagers who join formal groups describe themselves and their peer-group in a more favorable way than do teenagers joining informal groups.…”

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“…This chapter focuses on the importance of the peer-group during adolescence. It aims to review several studies conducted by Palmonari and his colleagues (Kirchler, Pombeni & Palmonari, 1991;Palmonari, Pombeni & Kirchler, 1989; on social psychological aspects of adolescents and their peer-groups. The ecological aspects of peer-groups, the dynamics of social categorization, and the effects of the relationship between the individual and the group on self-description and the perception of others are examined in detail.…”

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Evolution of the Self Concept in Adolescence and Social Categorization Processes

Palmonari

Pombeni

Kirchler³

1992

European Review of Social Psychology

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In Italy, almost all adolescents join one or more peer-groups fairly regularly and are aware of the existence of different types of peer-groups. This chapter reports on several studies on adolescents and the importance of their peergroups. It reviews investigations of social psychological aspects of adolescents and their peer-groups and, more specifically, of ecological aspects of peergroups, dynamics of social categorization, and the effects of the relationship between the individual and the group on selfdescription and the perception of others. As far as social categorization processes are concerned, support was found, in part, for Turner's (1981) self-categorization theory, and in part, for Deschamp's (1982) co-variation thesis.

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“…In fact, strong family bonds may provide models of harmonious interpersonal functioning that might be reflected in relationships with peers. Furthermore, social support from parents, extended family members, and neighbours may not compensate for the lack of social support from peers, because support from relatives and support from friends may serve distinct functions (Kirchler, Pombeni, & Palmonari, 1991;Van Aken & Asendorpf, 1996).…”

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Friendship as a predictor of adjustment following a transition to formal academic instruction and evaluation

Tomada

Schneider

Domini

et al. 2005

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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Most school transitions are characterised by sweeping changes in children's social and learning environments, often accompanied by important biological and cognitive changes; the multiple changes occurring within the child and the environment make the results of school-transition studies difficult to interpret. Italian elementary school children experience a marked transition in teaching and evaluation style at the end of second grade, but do not change schools. Formal academic instruction begins and pupils' progress begins to be evaluated individually by means of oral examinations. The present longitudinal study focuses on the role of friends during this transition. The participants were pupils of 17 classes in 11 schools in the city of Florence, Italy, and surrounding towns. Self-reported liking of school decreased sharply after the transition. There were some indications that having friends contributed overall to successful adjustment after the transition, especially in terms of children's liking of school. There was also some evidence that friendship is an asset to children undergoing stressful life experiences. Both children's liking of school and their antisocial behaviours were predicted by their friends' attitudes toward school and their friends' antisocial behaviour.

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Sweet sixteen ... Adolescents’ problems and the peer group as source of support

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Perceived social support and psychological wellbeing among Nepalese adolescents: the mediating role of self-esteem

Perceived social support and psychological wellbeing among Nepalese adolescents: the mediating role of self-esteem

Evolution of the Self Concept in Adolescence and Social Categorization Processes

Friendship as a predictor of adjustment following a transition to formal academic instruction and evaluation

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