The article I read today is Capturing the friendship context with a collective property: Friendship group engagement vs. disaffection by Carrie J. Furrer. This article is about 15 pages also and it kind of relates to the article Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in early adolescents’ friendship development: Friendship selection, influence, and prospective friendship quality, which I read the other day. They both talk about friendship as something supportive and intimate among non-family members.
As usual, here are some quotes from the article that I like the most: “Adolescents with high quality, supportive friendships (e.g., experienced as loyal, affectionate, and caring) tend to have higher self-esteem, exhibit more prosocial behavior, are more popular, have fewer emotional problems, are less lonely, attain higher academic achievement, and are more involved in school.” (Page 853-854, Capturing the friendship context with a collective property: Friendship group engagement vs. disaffection) “in contrast, adolescents who are not accepted by their peers, who experience distress associated with peers, who are isolated, or who are affiliated with disaffected peers tend to be at risk for negative emotional orientation toward school, low academic performance, dropout, aggression, alienation, loneliness, and criminality.” (Page 854, Capturing the friendship context with a collective property: Friendship group engagement vs. disaffection)
The second quote in the paragraph above kinds of explains why Jess acts so differently after he is changed into a vampire, I think. Because he was isolated in school, he developed a dark side that opposed the society. He just didn’t show it. After he had gained power, he started to turn his back to the world and exposed his dark side.
Bibliography:
Furrer, Carrie J. "Capturing the friendship context with a collective property: Friendship group engagement vs. disaffection." Journal of Adolescence 33.6 (2010): 853-867. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Jan. 2011.
I agree that my friendship in adolescence is most unforgetable and helpful.
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