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Are we good friends?
- Empirical studies already examined various facets of the friendship construct. Building on this, the present study examines the questions of how the number of friendships and their quality differ between students with and without SEN and whether a homophily-effect can be identified. The sample consists of 455 fourth-graders from 28 inclusive classes in Austria. The results indicate that students with SEN have fewer friends than students without SEN. Furthermore, students without SEN preferred peers without SEN as a friend. This homophily-effect was shown for students with SEN, too. However, students with and without SEN rated the quality of their friendships similarly and no interactions between the SEN status of oneself or of the friend was found for the quality of the friendship. The results show that, in the context of inclusion, the issue of friendship needs to be increasingly addressed to improve the situation of students with SEN.
Author details: | Lisa HoffmannORCiDGND, Jürgen WilbertORCiDGND, Mike LehoferORCiD, Susanne SchwabORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-525351 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-52535 |
ISSN: | 1866-8364 |
Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
Subtitle (English): | Friendship preferences and the quantity and quality of mutual friendships |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (732) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2019/10/14 |
Publication year: | 2021 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2021/11/18 |
Tag: | friendship; homophily; quality of friendship; social participation; sociometric nomination |
Issue: | 4 |
Number of pages: | 18 |
Source: | European Journal of Special Needs Education, 36:4, 502-516, DOI:10.1080/08856257.2020.1769980 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Bildungswissenschaften / Department für Inklusionspädagogik |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Green Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |