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Early Adolescents' Perspectives on Factors That Facilitate and Hinder Friendship Development with Peers at the Time of School Transition by Ina Krammer; Beate Schrank; Isabella Pollak; Katharina A.M. Stiehl; Urs M. Nater; Kate A. Woodcock is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Supportive peer relationships are fundamental for mental health and well-being. Hence, peers and friends are a valuable resource, especially at the time of transition from primary to secondary school. Yet, current literature lacks both novel approaches to studying friendship development and how to involve early adolescents in research that is being conducted about them. Within the present study we used novel participatory research methods involving early adolescents who were active in the analysis of their own generated data. We aimed to better understand their perspectives on factors that facilitate and hinder friendship development with peers during the time of school transition between primary and secondary schools. A total of 916 pupils (M age = 10.44 years, range = 9–16) participated in 54 participatory workshops that were conducted in Austria. We used reflexive thematic analysis to analyze qualitative data from portions of a large series of participatory workshop activities. Moreover, we actively involved participants in the analysis of their own generated data. Themes were structured into personal, interpersonal, and external factors. We found that early adolescents valued k

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Author

Ina Krammer; Beate Schrank; Isabella Pollak; Katharina A.M. Stiehl; Urs M. Nater; Kate A. Woodcock

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)