In this study, we are working to learn more about how young teenagers develop and manage friendships with their peers, and how family relationships influence qualities of these peer relationships and teens susceptibility to peer pressure.
Teens come in for one visit with their parental figures, and one visit with their closest friend.
Two additional friends also provide data about the teen. Data is collected about several different areas of adolescence, such as the quality of family relationships, friendships, peer pressure, school achievement, delinquency, and internalizing behaviors. In this first wave of data collection, we plan to bring in 184 teens along with their friends and families. Teens will be followed for four separate waves of data collection spaced annually over the next 5 years.