TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wright, Michelle F.
A1  - Wachs, Sebastian
T1  - Self-isolation and adolescents' friendship quality: moderation of technology use for friendship maintenance
T2  - Youth and Society
N2  - The purpose of the present study was to investigate the moderating effect of technology use for friendship maintenance in the associations between self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and friendship quality, measured 6 months later (Time 2). Participants were 1,567 seventh and eighth graders (51% female; 51% white; M-age = 13.47) from the United States. They completed questionnaires on friendship quality at Time 1, and self-isolation during COVID-19 and technology use for friendship maintenance and friendship quality at Time 2. The findings revealed that self-isolation during COVID-19 was related positively to technology use for friendship maintenance and negatively to Time 2 friendship quality. Higher technology use for friendship maintenance buffered against the negative impacts on friendship quality associated with self-isolation during COVID-19, while lower technology use had the opposite effects on Time 2 friendship quality.
KW  - technology
KW  - self-isolation
KW  - friendship
KW  - friendship quality
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63788
SN  - 0044-118X
SN  - 1552-8499
VL  - 55
IS  - 4
SP  - 673
EP  - 685
PB  - Sage Publications
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -