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ArticleChild development2022

When friendships surpass parental relationships as predictors of long-term outcomes: Adolescent relationship qualities and adult psychosocial functioning.

Joseph P Allen, Meghan Costello, Jessica Kansky, Emily L Loeb

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Article in Child development, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Feeling socially connected to others is linked to better emotion regulation in adolescent girls' daily lives: An ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025
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  16. Adolescent social learning within supportive friendships: Self-disclosure and relationship quality from adolescence to adulthood.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph P AllenUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2328-059X
Meghan CostelloUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9520-4676
Jessica KanskyUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Emily L LoebUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3901-6590
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Social Relationship Qualities as Predictors of Health & Aging from Adolescence through Mid-AdulthoodR37HD058305 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI JOSEPH Patrick ALLEN · 2018 to 2026
$6.1M
Adolescent Peer and Family Relationship Predictors of Adult HealthR01HD058305 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ALLEN, JOSEPH PATRICK · 2008 to 2017
$5.4M
FAMILY CONTEXTS OF DEVELOPING ADOLESCENT PEER RELATIONSR01MH058066 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI ALLEN, JOSEPH PATRICK · 1998 to 2007
$3.7M
Examining the physical toll of the transition to emerging adulthood and exploring resilience possibilitiesR01MD016893 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI JOSEPH Patrick ALLEN, Noelle M Hurd · 2022 to 2026
$3.7M
Recasting the Classroom Setting to Promote Acceptance of Youth with ADHD by PeersR21MH091486 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ALLEN, JOSEPH PATRICK · 2010 to 2011
$414k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD058305NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD058305NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD016893NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH058066NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH091486
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perceptions of adolescent-parent and adolescent-peer relationship qualities, and adolescents' attachment states of mind were examined as predictors of adult social and romantic relationship quality, depressive symptoms, and work performance. Adolescents (86 male, 98 female; 58% White, 29% African American, 8% mixed race/ethnicity, 5% other groups) were followed from age 13 to 24 via observational, self-, parent-, and close friend-reports. Adolescent close friendship quality was a significantly better predictor of adult peer and romantic outcomes, work performance, and depressive symptoms than parental reports of the parent-teen relationship; attachment security was also a strong predictor of numerous outcomes. Results are interpreted as reflecting the difficulty for parents judging parent-teen relationship quality and as reflecting the growing importance of close friendships during this period.

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Adolescent BehaviorFriendsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleParentsPeer GroupPsychosocial FunctioningYoung Adult

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PMID34870846
PMCPMC9167890
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