Date of Award
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Laursen, Brett
Abstract
This study examined associations between friends, perceptions of conflict and friendship qualities. Early adolescent participants and their same-sex friends (N = 199 dyads) separately completed measures describing actual disagreements, friendship positivity, and negativity. Similar patterns of associations emerged for participant and friend reports of conflict and relationship qualities. Actor and partner associations were estimated with two statistical methods, the APIM (Kashy & Kenny, 2000) and the IDM (Griffin & Gonzalez, 1995). Actor associations suggested perceptions of conflict were linked to self-perceptions of friendship negativity and positivity. Partner associations suggested perceptions of conflict were linked to partner perceptions of friendship negativity, but not to partner perceptions of friendship positivity.
Extent
133 p.
Recommended Citation
Burk, William Jay, "Perceptions of conflict and the qualities of early adolescent friendships: Dyadic measures of associations" (2003). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 592.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/592
Identifier
FADT13095
Comments
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2003.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science