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Fortuin, Janna; van Geel, Mitch; Vedder, Paul – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The present study was conducted to analyze whether in-class friends influence each other's grades, and whether adolescents tend to select friends that are similar to them in terms of academic achievement. During 1 academic year, 542 eighth-grade students (M age = 13.3 years) reported on 3 different occasions on their in-class friendship networks.…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Socialization