The research article I read today is called Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in early adolescents’ friendship development: Friendship selection, influence, and prospective friendship quality by Tiina Ojanen, Jelle Sijtsema, Patricia H. Hawley, and Todd D. Little. The article is about fifteen pages long and is about a research on how intrinsic and extrinsic motivations affect early adolescents’ friendship development on friend selection, influence, and quality. I know early adolescence is really young age, but I think the friendship at this time period is the purest because we make friends is not to get anything out of them.
“Intrinsic motivation reflects the degree to which adolescents establish and maintain friendships for inherent enjoyment of these close relationships. The need for closeness is a fundamental human motivation and is increasingly sought in friendships during early adolescence.” (Page 838, Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in early adolescents’ friendship development: Friendship selection, influence, and prospective friendship quality) Extrinsic reasons for pursuing friendships can be gaining acceptance from parents and teachers or parents urge us to do so. Personally, I think making friends based on intrinsic reasons will have higher levels of quality in friendship development.
The result of study shows that “adolescents with high degrees of intrinsic friendship motives were attractive as friends especially in stressful and unstable contexts,” (Page 847, Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in early adolescents’ friendship development: Friendship selection, influence, and prospective friendship quality) and intrinsic motives can serve as a protective factor during transition period. Contrarily, “extrinsic motives activated the search for friendships in a stable context and relatively earlier in adolescence.” (Page 848, Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in early adolescents’ friendship development: Friendship selection, influence, and prospective friendship quality)
P.S.: I like to directly quote from the articles because I think the wording in the article is perfect and I don’t know if I can explain the argument in the article clearly. But I will try to explain the quotes in my own words in the paper.
Bibliography:
Todd D. Little, et al. "Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in early adolescents’ friendship development: Friendship selection, influence, and prospective friendship quality." Journal of Adolescence 33.6 (2010): 837-851. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Jan. 2011.
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