Attachment theories postulate that during adolescence, peer relationships become more
important as a predictor of positive social, emotional and behavioral outcomes. Adolescents …

A lack of empathy is related to some negative aspects of adolescent interpersonal
functioning in the literature, such as bullying. However, the relationship between empathy …

This short-longitudinal study analyzed the cross-sectional and longitudinal pathways linking
adolescent's quality of attachment to parents and peers and their practice of aggressive and …

This study's purpose was to evaluate whether two aspects of positive peer relations—having
a friend and being well-liked—mitigate prospective transactions between depressive …

This study examined whether self‐esteem mediated the association between peer
relationships and internalizing problems (ie, depression and social anxiety). A total of 7290 …

Children's empathy and prosocial behavior play an important role in their social
competence. Of the influential factors, research has demonstrated that parental behaviors …

Past studies have investigated relationships between peer acceptance and peer-rated
social behaviors. However, relatively little is known about the manner in which indices of …

Empathy, which is the ability to feel concern for and to understand others' feelings, is thought
to develop in high quality relationships with parent and peers, but also to facilitate the quality …

Investigated in this study was the contribution of peer acceptance, perceived support from
peers, and family cohesion to prosocial behavior in young adolescents. Based on theories of …

Two intensive longitudinal studies examining the association between children's feeling of
relatedness to peers at school and their affective well‐being were performed. In Study 1, 110 …