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Alone with My Phone? Examining Beliefs about Solitude and Technology Use in Adolescence
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Coplan, Robert J.; McVarnock, Alicia; Hipson, Will E.; Bowker, Julie C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
In this study, we examined how technology impacts adolescents' perceptions of, and affective responses to solitude, as well as how adolescents' own motivations for solitude (shyness, affinity for aloneness) were related to these reactions. Participants were N = 437 adolescents (297 girls; M[subscript age] = 16.15 years, standard deviation (SD) =…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Media, Shyness
Friends Also Matter: Examining Friendship Adjustment Indices as Moderators of Anxious-Withdrawal and Trajectories of Change in Psychological Maladjustment
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Markovic, Andrea; Bowker, Julie C. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The present study evaluated whether 3 indices of friendship adjustment (mutual friendship involvement, friendship stability, friendship quality) are important, but overlooked, moderators of the impact of anxious-withdrawal on trajectories of psychological maladjustment during early adolescence. Participants included 271 young adolescents (51%…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Friendship, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents
An Investigation of Desired Friendships during Early Adolescence
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Thomas, Katelyn K.; Bowker, Julie C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
This study of 384 young adolescents (45% girls, "M" age = 12.94 years) and their desired friendships (friendships that adolescents indicate they would like to form in the future) examined whether (a) adolescents desire to be friends with peers who are well-liked, popular, aggressive, and prosocial; (b) having desired friendships is…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Peer Relationship, Personality Traits
Examining Two Types of Best Friendship Dissolution during Early Adolescence
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Bowker, Julie C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
This study examined young adolescents' experiences with best friendship dissolution. Participants were 77 sixth-grade students (M age = 11.63 years, SD = 0.36; 11.00-12.69 age range) who reported on past experiences with (1) "complete dissolutions" (when friendship ties are completely severed), and (2) "downgrade dissolutions"…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Friendship, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns
Having and Being an Other-Sex Crush during Early Adolescence
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Bowker, Julie C.; Spencer, Sarah V.; Thomas, Katelyn K.; Gyoerkoe, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
This study examined other-sex crush experiences (both having and being perceived as an other-sex crush) among 544 young adolescents (mean age = 12.74 years). Results indicated that 56% had at least one current other-sex crush, with little overlap between crushes, friends, and boyfriends/girlfriends. Significant associations between other-sex crush…
Descriptors: Aggression, Early Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Attraction
Examining Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity during Early Adolescence
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Bowker, Julie C.; Thomas, Katelyn K.; Spencer, Sarah V.; Park, Lora E. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
The present study of 150 adolescents ("M" age = 13.05 years) examined the associations between appearance-based rejection sensitivity (Appearance-RS) and psychological adjustment during early adolescence, and evaluated three types of other-gender peer experiences (other-gender friendship, peer acceptance, and romantic relationships) as…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Rejection (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Gender Differences