Peer Acceptance and Friendships among Primary School Pupils: Associations with Loneliness, Self-Esteem and School Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Antonopoulou, Katerina; Chaidemenou, Anastasia; Kouvava, Sofia
Titel	Peer Acceptance and Friendships among Primary School Pupils: Associations with Loneliness, Self-Esteem and School Engagement
Quelle	In: Educational Psychology in Practice, 35 (2019) 3, S.339-351 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Antonopoulou, Katerina) ORCID (Kouvava, Sofia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7363
DOI	10.1080/02667363.2019.1604324
Schlagwörter	Peer Acceptance; Friendship; Elementary School Students; Psychological Patterns; Self Esteem; Learner Engagement; Attendance; Student Attitudes; Security (Psychology); Social Adjustment; Student School Relationship; Student Characteristics; Children; Foreign Countries; Public Schools; Urban Schools; Classroom Environment; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Anwesenheit; Schülerverhalten; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Soziale Anpassung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Griechenland
Abstract	The present study examines the associations between peer acceptance and friendship with loneliness, self-esteem and school engagement in a sample of 180 primary school pupils (M age = 10.94 years old, SD = 0.82, age range: 9-12 years). Peer acceptance was evaluated through a sociometric procedure, the number of children's mutual friendships through peer nominations and friendship quality, while self-esteem and loneliness were assessed through self-report questionnaires. Peer-rated acceptance/popularity and provision of help by friends in school were both found to contribute significantly to pupils' self-esteem and to their tendency not to avoid school. Security in friendship emerged as a moderately significant factor in predicting feelings of loneliness or school liking, while companionship among friends was found to protect moderately from loneliness in school. The present research findings support previous evidence attesting to the link between friendship-related factors and children's psychosocial adjustment in the school environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01