Self-isolation and adolescents' friendship quality: moderation of technology use for friendship maintenance
- 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.
Author details: | Michelle F. Wright, Sebastian WachsORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221080484 |
ISSN: | 0044-118X |
ISSN: | 1552-8499 |
Title of parent work (English): | Youth and Society |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Place of publishing: | Thousand Oaks |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2022/03/07 |
Publication year: | 2022 |
Release date: | 2024/05/29 |
Tag: | friendship; friendship quality; self-isolation; technology |
Volume: | 55 |
Issue: | 4 |
Article number: | 0044118X221080484 |
Number of pages: | 13 |
First page: | 673 |
Last Page: | 685 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Bildungswissenschaften / Department Erziehungswissenschaft |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 370 Bildung und Erziehung |
Peer review: | Referiert |
License (German): | ![]() |