With a little help from my friends? Perceived friendship quality and narrative identity in adolescence

Elisabeth L. de Moor; Jolien Van der Graaff; Lotte van Doeselaar; Theo A. Klimstra; Susan Branje

doi:10.1111/jora.12605

With a little help from my friends? Perceived friendship quality and narrative identity in adolescence

Elisabeth L. de Moor^*, Jolien Van der Graaff, Lotte van Doeselaar, Theo A. Klimstra, Susan Branje

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Tilburg University

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Abstract

Stressful events are associated with various outcomes, but there is variability in these associations suggesting that the interpretation of these events is important. This interpretation is reflected in the narratives adolescents tell of events, which are largely constructed in social interactions. We examined the associations of perceived friendship quality with self-event connections and redemption in turning point narratives, in a sample of Dutch adolescents. Findings from regression analyses in a cross-sectional subsample (N = 1087, M_age = 14.8) and a three-wave cross-lagged panel model in a longitudinal subsample (N = 186, M_{age at Wave 1} = 14.7) showed that perceived friendship quality was associated with the presence of redemption sequences and self-event connections within time points, but not longitudinally.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	384-401
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Research on Adolescence
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12605
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

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Funding Information:
De Moor and Branje were supported by a grant of the European Research Council (ERC‐2017‐CoG‐773023 INTRANSITION).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research on Adolescence.

Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Funding

De Moor and Branje were supported by a grant of the European Research Council (ERC‐2017‐CoG‐773023 INTRANSITION).

Keywords

adolescence
perceived friendship quality
redemption
self-event connections
turning point narratives

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