Good Character Is What We Look for in a Friend: Character Strengths Are Positively Related to Peer Acceptance and Friendship Quality in Early Adolescents

Autor/in	Wagner, Lisa
Titel	Good Character Is What We Look for in a Friend: Character Strengths Are Positively Related to Peer Acceptance and Friendship Quality in Early Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 39 (2019) 6, S.864-903 (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wagner, Lisa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431618791286
Schlagwörter	Friendship; Ethics; Personality Traits; Role; Peer Relationship; Social Desirability; Humor; Prosocial Behavior; Emotional Intelligence; Teamwork; Leadership; Correlation; Peer Acceptance; Adolescents; Individual Differences; Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Social Values; Switzerland; Liechtenstein + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Ethik; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Rollen; Peer-Beziehungen; Soziales Bedürfnis; Humoristische Darstellung; Emotionale Intelligenz; Führung; Führungsposition; Korrelation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Individueller Unterschied; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Sozialer Wert; Schweiz
Abstract	This study investigates the role of character strengths in peer relationships among early adolescents. A sample of students (N = 339; [X bar] age = 12.84 years, 53.1% female) nominated friends in the classroom and completed assessments of character strengths, the desirability and importance of character strengths in a friend, and friendship quality. Results indicate that the character strengths of honesty, humor, kindness, and fairness were most desirable and important in a friend. Perspective, love, kindness, social intelligence, teamwork, leadership, and humor were associated with higher peer acceptance. Dyadic analyses of mutual best friends suggested that a number of character strengths were also positively related to friend-rated friendship quality. Overall, the results demonstrate the relevance of character strengths for positive peer relationships in adolescents. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01