Characteristic Processes in Close Peer Friendships of Preterm Infants at Age 12
Joint Authors
Sullivan, Mary C.
Barcelos Winchester, Suzy
Parker, Jeffrey G.
Marks, Amy K.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Diseases
Abstract EN
Close friendships become important at middle-school age and are unexplored in adolescents born prematurely.
The study aimed to characterize friendship behaviors of formerly preterm infants at age 12 and explore similarities and differences between preterm and full-term peers on dyadic friendship types.
From the full sample of N=186, one hundred sixty-six 12-year-old adolescents (40 born full term, 126 born preterm) invited a close friend to a 1.5 hour videotaped laboratory play session.
Twenty adolescents were unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts or developmental disability.
Characteristic friendship behaviors were identified by Q-sort followed by Q-factoring analysis.
Friendship duration, age, and contact differed between the full-term and preterm groups but friendship activities, behaviors, and quality were similar despite school service use.
Three Q-factors, leadership, distancing, and mutual playfulness, were most characteristic of all dyads, regardless of prematurity.
These prospective, longitudinal findings demonstrate diminished prematurity effects at adolescence in peer friendship behavior and reveal interpersonal dyadic processes that are important to peer group affiliation and other areas of competence.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sullivan, Mary C.& Barcelos Winchester, Suzy& Parker, Jeffrey G.& Marks, Amy K.. 2012. Characteristic Processes in Close Peer Friendships of Preterm Infants at Age 12. Scientifica،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488840
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sullivan, Mary C.…[et al.]. Characteristic Processes in Close Peer Friendships of Preterm Infants at Age 12. Scientifica No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488840
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sullivan, Mary C.& Barcelos Winchester, Suzy& Parker, Jeffrey G.& Marks, Amy K.. Characteristic Processes in Close Peer Friendships of Preterm Infants at Age 12. Scientifica. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488840
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-488840