Friendship and Friendship Quality in Middle Childhood: Links with Peer Group Acceptance and Feelings of Loneliness and Social Dissatisfaction.

Parker, Jeffrey G.; Asher, Steven R.

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ERIC Number: EJ467514

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Publication Date: 1993

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Friendship and Friendship Quality in Middle Childhood: Links with Peer Group Acceptance and Feelings of Loneliness and Social Dissatisfaction.

Parker, Jeffrey G.; Asher, Steven R.

Developmental Psychology, v29 n4 p611-21 Jul 1993

A total of 881 third through fifth graders completed sociometric measures of acceptance and friendship, a measure of loneliness, a questionnaire on their best friends, and a measure of friendship satisfaction. Results indicated that, although many low-accepted children had satisfying friendships, they were less satisfying than the friendships of other children. (MDM)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Loneliness, Peer Acceptance, Peer Evaluation, Peer Relationship, Preadolescents, Sociometric Techniques

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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