ERIC Number: EJ871383
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jan
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Adolescent Peer Relationships and Behavior Problems Predict Young Adults' Communication on Social Networking Websites
Mikami, Amori Yee; Szwedo, David E.; Allen, Joseph P.; Evans, Meredyth A.; Hare, Amanda L.
Developmental Psychology, v46 n1 p46-56 Jan 2010
This study examined online communication on social networking web pages in a longitudinal sample of 92 youths (39 male, 53 female). Participants' social and behavioral adjustment was assessed when they were ages 13-14 years and again at ages 20-22 years. At ages 20-22 years, participants' social networking website use and indicators of friendship quality on their web pages were coded by observers. Results suggested that youths who had been better adjusted at ages 13-14 years were more likely to be using social networking web pages at ages 20-22 years, after statistically controlling for age, gender, ethnicity, and parental income. Overall, youths' patterns of peer relationships, friendship quality, and behavioral adjustment at ages 13-14 years and at ages 20-22 years predicted similar qualities of interaction and problem behavior on their social networking websites at ages 20-22 years. Findings are consistent with developmental theory asserting that youths display cross-situational continuity in their social behaviors and suggest that the conceptualization of continuity may be extended into the online domain. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Friendship, Young Adults, Internet, Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, Web Sites, Interpersonal Communication, Peer Relationship, Predictor Variables, Early Adolescents, Age Differences, Adjustment (to Environment), Longitudinal Studies, Depression (Psychology), Middle School Students, Sociometric Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist
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