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To determine whether preadolescent friendship and peer rejection uniquely predict adult psychosocial adjustment and psychopathological symptoms over a 12-year longitudinal follow-up.

February 1, 1998Child DevelopmentOpen Access

Preadolescent Friendship and Peer Rejection as Predictors of Adult Adjustment

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CBCatherine L. BagwellUniversity of Richmond ANAndrew F. NewcombUniversity of Minnesota WBWilliam M. BukowskiConcordia University

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Cohort study reveals distinct impacts of childhood friendship and peer rejection on adult adjustment, indicating unique long-term developmental roles.

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To determine whether preadolescent friendship and peer rejection uniquely predict adult psychosocial adjustment and psychopathological symptoms over a 12-year longitudinal follow-up.
Conducted a 12-year follow-up investigation of 60 young adults who were evaluated in fifth grade (30 with a stable, reciprocal best friend and 30 who were chumless).
Assessed multiple domains of adult adjustment, evaluating the distinct predictive values of early friendship and peer rejection while controlling for preadolescent perceived competence.
Lower levels of preadolescent peer rejection uniquely predicted better overall adult life status adjustment.
Preadolescents with reciprocal friendships demonstrated significantly higher general self-worth in adulthood, even after adjusting for childhood perceived competence.
Both peer rejection and the absence of preadolescent friendship were associated with adult psychopathological symptoms, though neither uniquely predicted symptomatology.

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Bagwell et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fdfee57bfcc72645fc060 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06139.x

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Cohort study reveals distinct impacts of childhood friendship and peer rejection on adult adjustment, indicating unique long-term developmental roles.

Preadolescent Friendship and Peer Rejection as Predictors of Adult Adjustment

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