title: Maternal affection moderates friend influence on schoolwork engagement.
abstract: This study investigated friend influence over adolescent schoolwork engagement in 160 same-sex friend dyads (94 female dyads and 66 male dyads). Participants were approximately 16 years of age at the outset. Each friend described his or her own schoolwork engagement, school burnout, and perceptions of maternal affection. The results revealed that maternal affection moderated the influence that the higher burnout friend exerted over the subsequent schoolwork engagement of the lower burnout friend. The schoolwork engagement of the friend reporting higher levels of school burnout predicted a decline in the schoolwork engagement of the friend reporting lower school burnout, but only if the latter perceived below-average maternal affection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marion
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University.
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laursen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
authors.forename: Noona
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiuru
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
authors.forename: Jari-Erik
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nurmi
authors.affiliation: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki.
authors.forename: Katariina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Salmela-Aro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*