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A New School, a Fresh Start? Change and Stability in Peer Relationships and Academic Performance in the Transition from Primary to Secondary School
Authors: Lorijn Sofie J., Zwier Dieuwke, Laninga-Wijnen Lydia, Huisman Mark, Veenstra René
Publisher: Springer Nature
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Journal name in source: Journal of youth and adolescence
Journal acronym: J Youth Adolesc
Volume: 53
Issue: 9
First page : 1987
Last page: 2001
ISSN: 0047-2891
eISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-01991-y
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-01991-y
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/393460052
Previous studies on peer relationships in school transitions neglected individual differences, or did not examine the relation with academic performance in secondary school. This study followed 649 students from their last year of primary school to their first year in secondary school (Mage at T1 = 11.6 (SD = 0.6); 53.6% girls). Results revealed that students became more attached to peers, less lonely, and were stable in victimization across the transition. Particularly students with more negative peer experiences in primary school enjoyed a "fresh start" in terms of peer experiences in secondary school. Students who had more co-transitioning peers experienced greater reductions in loneliness. Changes in peer experiences over the transition did not relate to academic performance in secondary school.
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