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SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY
Volume 44, Issue 10, Pages 1637-1648Publisher
SOC PERSONALITY RES INC
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2016.44.10.1637
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peer acceptance; sociogram; friendships; early adolescence; midadolescence
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We explored peer acceptance and friendships during adolescence, and their relationship with subsequent changes in the level of adolescents' academic achievement. Participants were 447 students (51% girls) aged from 11 to 16 years. The students completed sociometric assessments of their peer acceptance and friendships during the autumn semester (Time 1). Academic achievement data were also obtained from students' report-card grades at Time 1 as well as during the spring semester (Time 2) of the same academic year. Regression analysis indicated that peer acceptance positively predicted subsequent academic achievement. This relationship was also moderated by age, with the effect of peer acceptance on subsequent academic achievement being greater during early adolescence than in midadolescence. This research deepens understanding of the mechanisms by which positive peer relationships influence adolescents' academic achievement.
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