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Peer reviewedBukowski, William M.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1993
Discusses a model that suggests that popularity and friendship are linked to different forms of adjustment and emotional well-being and emphasizes that friendship is an important mediator between popularity and loneliness. Results of a study that involved 169 early adolescents in fifth and sixth grades supported the model. (BB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Emotional Adjustment, Friendship, Intermediate Grades
