TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterizing and comparing the friendships of anxious-solitary and unsociable preadolescents
AU - Ladd, Gary
AU - Ladd, Becky
AU - Wilkens, Natalie
AU - Kochel, Karen P.
AU - McConnell, Er M.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Friendships matter for withdrawn youth because the consequences of peer isolation are severe. From a normative sample of 2,437 fifth graders (1,245 females; M age=10.25), a subset (n=1,364; 638 female) was classified into 3 groups (anxious-solitary, unsociable, comparison) and followed across a school year. Findings indicated that it was more common for unsociable than anxious-solitary children to have friends, be stably friended, and participate multiple friendships. For withdrawn as well as nonwithdrawn children, peer rejection predicted friendlessness, but this relation was strongest for anxious-solitary children. The friends of unsociable youth were more accepted by peers than those of anxious-solitary youth. The premise that friendship inhibits peer victimization was substantiated for withdrawn as well as nonwithdrawn youth.
AB - Friendships matter for withdrawn youth because the consequences of peer isolation are severe. From a normative sample of 2,437 fifth graders (1,245 females; M age=10.25), a subset (n=1,364; 638 female) was classified into 3 groups (anxious-solitary, unsociable, comparison) and followed across a school year. Findings indicated that it was more common for unsociable than anxious-solitary children to have friends, be stably friended, and participate multiple friendships. For withdrawn as well as nonwithdrawn children, peer rejection predicted friendlessness, but this relation was strongest for anxious-solitary children. The friends of unsociable youth were more accepted by peers than those of anxious-solitary youth. The premise that friendship inhibits peer victimization was substantiated for withdrawn as well as nonwithdrawn youth.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01632.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01632.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21883155
AN - SCOPUS:80052575786
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 82
SP - 1434
EP - 1453
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 5
ER -