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Marion, D., Laursen, B., Zettergren, P., & Bergman, L. R. (2013). Predicting life satisfaction during middle adulthood from peer relationships during mid-adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(8), 1299-1307. doi:http://dx.doi.org.libproxy1.usc.edu/10.1007/s10964-013-9969-6

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Direct Effect: Mid Adolescent Friendship

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Direct Effect: Mid Adolescent Friendship

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While this is funny, it shows how friendship last and how

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The impact of friends on a middle school student is very important. In this program PYN, Mayor Michael Nutter, and ASAP talk about how choosing your friends wisely can really impact your life.

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Direct effects model vs. Buffered effects model

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Direct effects model vs. Buffered effects model

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What's the difference?

The direct effects model tests friendship participation and peer rejection to global life satisfaction and perceived relationship quality in middle adulthood.

The Buffered effects model tests whether the effects of adolescent peer rejection within adults has any impact with having at least a close friend in adolescence

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As you can see, in the first figure which is the direct effects hypothesis, there was no association between the predictor variables and the outcome variables. In the second figure which was the buffered effects hypothesis, it was clear that adolescent peer rejection predicted adult global life satisfaction and adult perceived relationship quality. For those who had little to no friends in adolescence, an increased amount of peer rejection portrayed lower global life satisfaction and lower perceived relationship quality

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8 th grade population:

1,392 adolescents participated

o   71.6% participated in the data collection

§  493 girls

§  503 boys
o   761 (76.4%) lived with both biological parents

o   129 (13%) lived with one biological parents

o   37 (3.7%) lived with a biological parent and step-parent.

o   36 (3.6%) had other living arrangements

·         Education for Participants:

o   156 (15.7%) of participants, neither parent had schooling beyond compulsory school

o   613 (61.5%) had education higher than compulsory school

o   58 (5.8%) completed university degrees

o   169 (17%) no data was available for

Middle Adulthood Population:

Data:

o   Males who were 48 years old  had 247 reports available

§  197 males lived with a spouse or significant other

§  37 males did not live with a spouse or significant other

§  13 males had no data reported

o   Women with an age of 43 had 296 reports that were available

§  243 females lived with a spouse of significant other

§  19 females did not live with a spouse or significant other

§  34 females had no data reported

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There were several analysis that were done:

1) Adolescent friendship and peer rejection predict later global life satisfaction and perceived relationship quality

2) Long-term effects of peer rejection vary for adolescents with or without friends.

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This study tests the hypothesis that peer relationships during adolescence may predict/showcase life satisfaction during middle adulthood.

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Word cloud from the article