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Direct linkBronkema, Ryan H.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2019
Friendships are widely considered to be an essential part of life in college and beyond. The existing literature on college friendships, academic achievement, and student attrition is mixed, which may occur as a result of varying ways of defining friendship. This study adds to an understanding of these dynamics by examining both the number of…
Descriptors: Friendship, Academic Achievement, Emotional Response, Graduation Rate
Download full textWeonhyeok Chung; Jeonghyeok Kim – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
High-achieving minority students have fewer friends than their majority counterparts. Exploring patterns of friendship formation in the Add Health data, we find strong racial homophily in friendship formations as well as strong achievement homophily within race. However, we find that achievement matters less in cross-racial friendships. As a…
Descriptors: Friendship, Racial Factors, High Achievement, Minority Group Students
Crystasany R. Turner; Kelly R. Allen – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2024
The authors draw upon their lived experiences as Black women in the academy to conceptualize a framework for Black women's peer mentorship, or 'sister scholarship,' within academia. Through auto-ethnographic 'sister talks,' the sister scholar relationship is conceptualized as a sanctum from gendered and racialized trauma, an impetus for the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Scholarship, Interprofessional Relationship, African American Teachers
Fahs, Breanne; Swank, Eric – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2020
This article traces the practices and outcomes of an undergraduate research group that began organically to foster research and activist collaborations in a small group setting and without the rubric of a structured course, formal lab setting, or formal institutional backing. We consider several outcomes of this group: (1) Graduate school entry…
Descriptors: Feminism, Praxis, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
Marshall, S. Alexandra; Hudson, Heather K.; Stigar, Lorraine V. – Health Educator, 2020
School-based sexuality education is widely supported by most Americans. However, there is debate over the topics that should be taught. Also, a better understanding of desires adolescents and parents have for equipping youth to make healthy decisions is needed. This study gathered perceptions from parents and students about the sexuality education…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, High School Students
Yanik, Betül – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study investigated the relationships that children living in rural regions in Turkey have with the opposite sex and the roles of boys and girls with respect to peer culture. Qualitative data collection methods such as observation, interview, and document analysis were used and the data were analysed through qualitative data analysis methods.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Peer Relationship, Social Behavior
Mir Mohammad Sadeghi, Mohsen; Azad Manjir, Fatemeh; Fahimifar, Mohammad Javad – Learning Environments Research, 2020
The purpose of present study was to examine the effect of friendship and relationship dimensions of the classroom environment on general and academic selfconcept. 784 male students aged 13-14 years from 30 classes in 11 schools in Tehran, Iran, participated in the study. A questionnaire was devised and used based on items from the Self-Description…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Friendship, Peer Relationship, Males
Terlektsi, E.; Kreppner, J.; Mahon, M.; Worsfold, S.; Kennedy, Colin R. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2020
Deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents (DHH) experience more peer problems and lower levels of friendships than their hearing peers. This study used a qualitative approach to identify their experiences of peer problems and factors influencing them. A sample of 30, 13-19 year-old DHH adolescents with a moderate to profound hearing loss, drawn from a…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Adolescents
Wright, Michelle F.; Wachs, Sebastian – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the moderating effect of perceived social support from friends in the associations between self-isolation practices during the COVID-19 pandemic and adolescents' mental health (i.e., depression, subjective health complaints, self-harm), measured six months later (Time 2). Participants were 1,567…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, COVID-19, Pandemics, Friendship
Di Bianca, Michael; Martin, Nicholas G.; Mahalik, James R. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Our study conducted a preliminary evaluation of a peer-mentoring group program for college men (Freshmen League). Participants & Methods: We interviewed first-year men who participated in Freshmen League (n = 16) and others who did not (n = 10), asking them questions about authenticity, relationships, masculinity, and community.…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Mentors, Males, College Freshmen
Espinoza, Katherine; Garfield, Theresa – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2023
In this paper, we explore personal "testimonios" from a Latina's first year in a tenure-track position. We share testimonios and personal narratives based on mentorship and a friendship that was cultivated between a tenured white female professor who helped the Latina professor learn to navigate the landscape of a working at a Hispanic…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Tenure, College Faculty, Personal Narratives
Einarsdottir, Johanna; Ólafsdóttir, Sara M. – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
The study examines the views of children and educators with regards to belonging in one diverse preschool setting in Iceland. It builds on the ideology of the politics of belonging, referring to children's relationships in the community of preschool, children's participation, and the process of inclusion and exclusion among the children. This…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Student Attitudes
Wright, Barry; Kingsley, Ellen; Cooper, Cindy; Biggs, Katie; Bursnall, Matthew; Wang, Han-I; Chater, Tim; Coates, Elizabeth; Teare, M. Dawn; McKendrick, Kirsty; Gomez de la Cuesta, Gina; Barr, Amy; Solaiman, Kiera; Packham, Anna; Marshall, David; Varley, Danielle; Nekooi, Roshanak; Parrott, Steve; Ali, Shehzad; Gilbody, Simon; Le Couteur, Ann – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Social learning through friendships is important in child development. Autistic children often initiate and engage in social interactions differently than neurotypical peers. LEGO® based therapy is a group intervention which facilitates social interactions with peers using collaborative LEGO® play. A 1:1 cluster randomised controlled trial with…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Social Isolation
Phan, Anh Ngoc Quynh – London Review of Education, 2023
This article delineates my place attachment and sense of home in my Epsom campus, University of Auckland, in Aotearoa New Zealand, where I studied for my PhD in two periods of time: during the first year of my PhD programme, when my sense of home was established; and when I returned to Vietnam for my six-month research trip and was stranded due to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Student College Relationship
Hudson, Tara D.; Rockenbach, Alyssa N.; Mayhew, Matthew J. – Journal of Higher Education, 2023
Supporting students' friendships across social boundaries is one powerful way in which colleges and universities can contribute to the civic mission of higher education. Using data from the Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS), a national, multi-institutional study, we examined how institutional conditions…
Descriptors: College Students, Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, World Views
