Experiences with peers following relocation during early adolescence.

Experiences with peers during a school year among 36 early adolescents who had recently moved were compared with those of 37 early adolescents who were residentially stable. As a group, the mobile adolescents had fewer contacts with friends and reported less intimacy with their best friend. Boys who had moved encountered more instances of rejection than did their nonmobile counterparts; this finding did not hold for girls.