Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Early Adolescents’ Friendship Development: Friendship Selection, Influence, and Prospective Friendship Quality
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Keywords
Friendships, Adolescence, Motivation, Social network modeling
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.08.004
Abstract
Friendships are essential for adolescent social development. However, they may be pursued for varying motives, which, in turn, may predict similarity in friendships via social selection or social influence processes, and likely help to explain friendship quality. We examined the effect of early adolescents’ (N = 374, 12–14 years) intrinsic and extrinsic friendship motivation on friendship selection and social influence by utilizing social network modeling. In addition, longitudinal relations among motivation and friendship quality were estimated with structural equation modeling. Extrinsic motivation predicted activity in making friendship nominations during the sixth grade and lower friendship quality across time. Intrinsic motivation predicted inactivity in making friendship nominations during the sixth, popularity as a friend across the transition to middle school, and higher friendship quality across time. Social influence effects were observed for both motives, but were more pronounced for intrinsic motivation
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Adolescence, v. 33, issue 6, p. 837–851
Scholar Commons Citation
Ojanen, Tiina; Sijtsema, J. J.; Hawley, P.; and Little, T. D., "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in Early Adolescents’ Friendship Development: Friendship Selection, Influence, and Prospective Friendship Quality" (2010). Psychology Faculty Publications. 920.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/920
