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Holism, Contextual Variability, and the Study of Friendships in Adolescent Development
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Crosnoe, Robert; Needham, Belinda – Child Development, 2004
This study treated a key relationship in the developmental ecology of adolescence, friendships, as multidimensional and context specific. First, it examined 4 characteristics of friends (academic achievement, alcohol use, emotional distress, and extracurricular participation) as independent factors and as components in holistic friendship group…
Descriptors: Friendship, Drinking, Adolescent Development, Adolescents