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The Role of Inflexible Friendship Beliefs, Rumination, and Low Self-worth in Early Adolescents’ Friendship Jealousy and Adjustment

Auteurs: Kristen L. Lavallee, Jeffrey G. Parker

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 6/2009

Abstract

Two focal social cognitive processes were evaluated in a structural model for their direct and indirect roles in early adolescents’ jealousy surrounding their closest friend in a sample of 325 early adolescents (169 girls and 156 boys) ages 11–14 years. Individuals who are rigid and unrealistic about meeting their friendship needs were more vulnerable to feelings of jealousy than individuals who think more flexibly. Inflexible individuals also engage in more jealousy-driven surveillance and other problem behavior towards their friends. Stronger jealous feelings and behavior were related, in turn, to greater conflict with friends and to a vulnerability to emotional maladjustment. In addition, young adolescents who tended to ruminate over friendship problems were also more vulnerable to jealousy. Inflexible attitudes and friendship rumination were positively associated. Results extend recent models of friendship jealousy that focus only on early adolescents’ self-worth.

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Titel: The Role of Inflexible Friendship Beliefs, Rumination, and Low Self-worth in Early Adolescents’ Friendship Jealousy and Adjustment
Auteurs: Kristen L. Lavallee
Jeffrey G. Parker
Publicatiedatum: 01-08-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 6/2009
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-009-9317-1

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