Family Environment as a Predictor of the Quality of College Students' Friendships

Autor/inn/en	Wise, Richard A.; King, Alan R.
Titel	Family Environment as a Predictor of the Quality of College Students' Friendships
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 29 (2008) 6, S.828-848 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X07309461
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Attitudes; Friendship; Family Environment; Gender Differences; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Recreational Activities; Family Relationship; Student Adjustment; Interpersonal Relationship; Children; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Freundschaft; Familienmilieu; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Freizeitgestaltung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Family environment appears to be an important determinant of friendship quality. Despite this apparent link, few studies have explored how family environment relates to friendship, especially among college students. The present study examined the relationship between family environment and best friendships, by administering the Family Environment Scale (FES) and the Acquaintance Description Form-Revised (ADF-F2) to 408 college students. Family environment was a better predictor of friendship quality for female college students than for male college students. For the women, a total of 13% of the FES and ADF-F2 correlations were significant at the p [less than] 0.01 level. The best predictors of friendship quality for the women were the FES active recreational and intellectual-cultural dimensions. Gender differences were also evident in students' perceptions of their families' environments and their views of the quality of their best friendships. Implications of the present study for college adjustment and retention are discussed. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10