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Hope, friends, and subjective well-being : A social network approach to peer group contextual effects
Parker, Philip D. Ciarrochi, Joseph Heaven, Patrick Marshall, Sarah Sahdra, Baljinder Kiuru, Noona
Parker, Philip D.
Ciarrochi, Joseph
Heaven, Patrick
Marshall, Sarah
Sahdra, Baljinder
Kiuru, Noona
Abstract
Research on adolescence has previously shown that factors like depression and burnout are influenced by friendship groups. Little research, however, has considered whether similar effects are present for variables such as hope and subjective well‐being. Furthermore, there is no research that considers whether the degree of hope of an adolescent's friends is associated with well‐being over the individual's level of hope. Data were collected in 2012 from a sample of 15‐year‐olds (N = 1,972; 62% Caucasian; 46% identified as Catholic; 25% had professional parents) from the East Coast of Australia. Findings suggest that individuals from the same friendship group were somewhat similar in hope and well‐being. Multilevel structural equation modeling indicated that friendship group hope was significantly related to psychological and social well‐being.
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Date
2015
Type
Journal article
Journal
Child Development
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Volume
86
Issue
2
Page Range
642-650
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ACU Department
Faculty of Education and Arts
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
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Published as green open access
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Open
Open