The role of emotion identification skill in the formation of male and female friendships: A longitudinal study

Abstract The present study explored the relationship between emotion identification skill (EIS) and friendships in adolescence. Students from five Australian high schools completed questionnaires annually from Grade 8 to Grade 12 including subjective measures of EIS and a peer-based objective measur...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2014-02, Vol.37 (2), p.103-111
Main Authors: Rowsell, H. Claire, Ciarrochi, Joseph, Heaven, Patrick C.L, Deane, Frank P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Australia
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child development
Consciousness
Developmental psychology
Early Adolescents
Emotion identification skill
Emotional awareness
Emotions
Female
Females
Friends - psychology
Friendship
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grade 12
Grade 8
High School Students
High Schools
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Late Adolescents
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Males
Pediatrics
Prediction
Psychological Tests
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Secondary school students
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
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Summary:Abstract The present study explored the relationship between emotion identification skill (EIS) and friendships in adolescence. Students from five Australian high schools completed questionnaires annually from Grade 8 to Grade 12 including subjective measures of EIS and a peer-based objective measure of social functioning (e.g., friendship nominations). The total sample of participants was 795 (406 males; 389 females) with 468 (225 males; 243 females) completing questionnaires in Grade 12. EIS in early adolescence was predictive of friendships for females in late adolescence. Specifically, girls starting out with low EIS in Grade 8 tended to have fewer female friendships and more male friendships in Grade 12. There were no effects for males. Lower initial EIS was associated with significant improvements in awareness over time, but these improvements had no effect on friendships in Grade 12. The EIS that girls enter high school with may influence their friendship composition into late adolescence.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.11.005