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Includes bibliography.
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Florida Atlantic University
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2014
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2014
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Previous studies of desired friendship have assessed desired friends with
unilateral nominations (when one child chooses another child as a friend, but that friend
nomination is not reciprocated). This calls into question the validity of findings
suggesting that children want to be friends with others who differ from themselves, but
befriend similar others by default (Sijtsema, Lindenberg, & Veenstra, 2010). The current
study concerns desired friendships among 195 girls and 147 boys in Grades 4 through 6.
Two hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis was that children will not choose the
same unilateral and desired friends. The second hypothesis was that children will be more
similar to their reciprocal friends than to their unilateral and desired friends.
Questionnaires measured desired friendship, friendship, and child characteristics. Both
hypotheses were supported. However, there were group-level differences. The
importance of using desired friend nominations to measure desired friends is discussed.
unilateral nominations (when one child chooses another child as a friend, but that friend
nomination is not reciprocated). This calls into question the validity of findings
suggesting that children want to be friends with others who differ from themselves, but
befriend similar others by default (Sijtsema, Lindenberg, & Veenstra, 2010). The current
study concerns desired friendships among 195 girls and 147 boys in Grades 4 through 6.
Two hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis was that children will not choose the
same unilateral and desired friends. The second hypothesis was that children will be more
similar to their reciprocal friends than to their unilateral and desired friends.
Questionnaires measured desired friendship, friendship, and child characteristics. Both
hypotheses were supported. However, there were group-level differences. The
importance of using desired friend nominations to measure desired friends is discussed.
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69 p.
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FA00004180
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Includes bibliography.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2014
Date Created Backup
2014
Date Text
2014
Date Created (EDTF)
2014
Date Issued (EDTF)
2014
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FAU
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FA00004180
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Attributed name: Department of Psychology
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Bortman, Gilly
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Graduate College
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69 p.
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The friends they have and the friends they want: desired friendship across the transition into adolescence
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2014
2014
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Title
The friends they have and the friends they want: desired friendship across the transition into adolescence
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The friends they have and the friends they want: desired friendship across the transition into adolescence