TY - JOUR
T1 - Friendships, Perceived Popularity, and Adolescent Romantic Relationship Debut
AU - Savickaitė, Rūta
AU - Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis
AU - Kreager, Derek
AU - Ivanova, Katya
AU - Veenstra, René
N1 - Funding Information:
All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. This study was funded by various grants which are declared in the “Funding” section.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - This study examined the association of friendships and popularity with adolescents’ first-time involvement in a romantic relationship (referred to as romantic relationship debut). The aim of this article was twofold: first, to disentangle the unique effects of friendships and perceived popularity; second, to separate same- and cross-gender peer nominations. Specifically, it was tested whether same- and cross-gender friendships or same- and cross-gender popularity were more likely to increase the likelihood of romantic relationship debut. Using longitudinal data of 590 Dutch adolescents age 12 to 18 (57 % girls) from TRAILS (Tracking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey), results are consistent with the hypothesis that cross-gender friendships and cross-gender popularity increase the chances of a romantic relationship debut. Findings indicate that peer evaluations by cross-gender peers of both friendships and popularity account for adolescents’ romantic relationship debut.
AB - This study examined the association of friendships and popularity with adolescents’ first-time involvement in a romantic relationship (referred to as romantic relationship debut). The aim of this article was twofold: first, to disentangle the unique effects of friendships and perceived popularity; second, to separate same- and cross-gender peer nominations. Specifically, it was tested whether same- and cross-gender friendships or same- and cross-gender popularity were more likely to increase the likelihood of romantic relationship debut. Using longitudinal data of 590 Dutch adolescents age 12 to 18 (57 % girls) from TRAILS (Tracking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey), results are consistent with the hypothesis that cross-gender friendships and cross-gender popularity increase the chances of a romantic relationship debut. Findings indicate that peer evaluations by cross-gender peers of both friendships and popularity account for adolescents’ romantic relationship debut.
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U2 - 10.1177/0272431619847530
DO - 10.1177/0272431619847530
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079169852
SN - 0272-4316
VL - 40
SP - 377
EP - 399
JO - Journal of Early Adolescence
JF - Journal of Early Adolescence
IS - 3
ER -