The study highlights the significance of prioritizing the formation of close friendships during adolescence to promote better mental health outcomes in adulthood.
The Oxford University study highlights the potential long-term benefits of multicultural interactions in educational settings.
Spending time with people outside the family, whether friends, schoolmates, or boyfriends/girlfriends, is associated with higher levels of happiness in pre-adolescents and adolescents.
In particular, virtual friendships have a dual effect, reducing the risk of bullying in the classroom but increasing it in the digital space.
While reciprocal friendships may not directly influence self-esteem as previously thought, the broader network of friendships plays a crucial role in a child's self-image and social development.
The study highlights the importance of stable and supportive friendships for young people with CA, and shows that high-quality friendships can buffer against mental health problems during stressful times by reducing perceived stress.
Many teens are becoming more dependent on virtual friends they have never met.
The article mentions a strong association between perceived social support and sleep quality, supported by both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies that found higher levels of perceived social support predicted better sleep quality.
Greater classroom ethnic diversity provides opportunities for cross-ethnic friendships. Children with cross-ethnic friendships outperform peers without cross-ethnic friendships on theory of mind.
In 2022, Chinese scientists found that childhood friendships enhance mental functions and slow down the aging process of these functions in later life.
