Experiences with peers following relocation during early adolescence.
Experiences with peers during a school year among 36 early adolescents who had recently moved were compared with those of 37 early adolescents who were residentially stable. As a group, the mobile adolescents had fewer contacts with friends and reported less intimacy with their best friend. Boys who had moved encountered more instances of rejection than did their nonmobile counterparts; this finding did not hold for girls.
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Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment