“…Peer relationships take on a heightened significance in adolescence (Hartup, 1982; Martin & Dowson, 2009; Wentzel, 2005). Adolescents' feelings of relatedness with classroom peers, including the sense that one belongs to the classroom community (Goodenow, 1993), are associated with perceptions of the classroom motivational climate (Anderman, 2003), achievement motivation (Anderman & Anderman, 1999; Nelson & DeBacker, 2008), school interest (Wentzel, Battle, Russell, & Looney, 2010), prosocial goal pursuit (Wentzel, 1998; Wentzel, Baker, & Russell, 2012), self-efficacy beliefs (Nelson & DeBacker, 2008; Ryan & Patrick, 2001), expectancies for success (Goodenow, 1993), and behavioral and emotional engagement (Furrer & Skinner, 2003). Students who feel less connected to their peers report low emotional engagement in school (Furrer & Skinner, 2003).…”