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The Interplay Between Adolescents' Friendships and the Exchange of Help: A Longitudinal Multiplex Social Network Study.


ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to unravel the interrelatedness of friendship and help, and to examine the characteristics of friendship and help networks. The effects of mutual versus one-sided help relations on friendship initiation and maintenance, and vice versa, were examined. Friendship and help networks were analyzed (N = 953 students; 41 classrooms; Mage  = 12.7). The results illustrate that friendship and help networks show some similarities, but only partly overlap and have distinct characteristics. Longitudinal multiplex social network analyses showed that mutual help was important for the maintenance of friendship, but not for the initiation of friendship. Further, particularly mutual friendships provided a context in which help took place. Implications of these findings are discussed.

SUBMITTER: van Rijsewijk LGM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064895 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Interplay Between Adolescents' Friendships and the Exchange of Help: A Longitudinal Multiplex Social Network Study.

van Rijsewijk Loes G M LGM   Snijders Tom A B TAB   Dijkstra Jan Kornelis JK   Steglich Christian C   Veenstra René R  

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence 20190410 1


The aim of this study was to unravel the interrelatedness of friendship and help, and to examine the characteristics of friendship and help networks. The effects of mutual versus one-sided help relations on friendship initiation and maintenance, and vice versa, were examined. Friendship and help networks were analyzed (N = 953 students; 41 classrooms; M<sub>age</sub>  = 12.7). The results illustrate that friendship and help networks show some similarities, but only partly overlap and have distin  ...[more]

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