Association between friendship quality and subjective wellbeing among adolescents: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social integration with friends has an important role in shaping adolescents' behavior and determining their wellbeing. Friendship features such as companionship, trust, closeness, intimacy, and conflicts all form the concept of friendship quality. The quality of friendships can either enhance or impede mental development during adolescence. Therefore, this systematic review was conducted to understand the association between friendship quality and adolescents' mental wellbeing.

Methods

In November 2020 and later in August 2022, the search for evidence was conducted on five databases (Medline, Embase, ProQuest, Scopus, and PsycINFO). Only peer-reviewed quantitative studies published from January 2000 to August 2022 that investigated friendship quality as their exp

SUBMITTER: Alsarrani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9784006 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature