Title of article
Best friends in adolescence show similar educational careers in early adulthood
Author/Authors
Kiuru، نويسنده , , Noona and Salmela-Aro، نويسنده , , Katariina and Nurmi، نويسنده , , Jari-Erik and Zettergren، نويسنده , , Peter and Andersson، نويسنده , , Hهkan and Bergman، نويسنده , , Lars، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Pages
10
From page
102
To page
111
Abstract
The present study investigated the role of best friends in educational career development from adolescence to adulthood. Participantsʹ (N = 476) reciprocal best friendships were identified at age 15, while their educational attainment was investigated in early adulthood (age 26), their intelligence (IQ) at age 13, and parental education, educational expectations and academic achievement at age 16. The results revealed that adolescent best friends ended up pursuing similar educational careers in adulthood. Furthermore, three kinds of partner-effects were found when adolescentsʹ prior career behaviors were controlled for: (1) best friendsʹ intelligence predicted adolescentsʹ later academic performance; (2) best friendsʹ parental education predicted adolescentsʹ educational expectations; and (3) best friendsʹ educational expectations predicted adolescentsʹ educational attainment in early adulthood.
Keywords
Educational careers , Friendship , Multilevel modeling (MLM) , Actor–partner interdependence modeling (APIM) , career development , Adolescence
Journal title
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Serial Year
2012
Journal title
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Record number
2127506
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