Discuss the importance of best friend relationships during middle childhood.
What will be an ideal response?
Although some children have the same best friend throughout middle childhood, others have numerous best friends. Research suggests that it is not necessarily the stability of one consistent best friend that is important but the stability of having a friend or buddy at all times during this developmental period. Results of particular studies suggest that having different best friends instead of the same best friend can lead to higher levels of positive adjustment and that the loss of a best friend without their being replaced by a new best friend can lead to increased difficulties with adjustment during middle childhood. The presence of friendships, regardless of quantity or exclusivity tends to increase self-esteem, promotes adjustment, and reduces social anxiety. Similarly, the absence of friendship in middle childhood can result in problem behaviors, low academic achievement, and emotional difficulties within students. Research has shown that peer rejection and neglect during middle childhood can result in short-term and long-term behavioral and emotional problems
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