Friendship quality in 8 to 10 years old children who live in a public institution of Lima

• Autores: Argumedo Bustinza, Doris, Albornoz Álvarez, Carla
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2006
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/766
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/766
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: peer relationships; friendship quality; reciprocal friendship; institutionalized children; children; relaciones con pares; calidad de la amistad; reciprocidad; institucionalización; niños

This research studies friendship relationships in institutionalized children according to friendship’s quality and reciprocity. The participants were 33 institutionalized children (boys and girls), whose age range was 8 to 10. The control group consisted of 41 noninstitutionalized children with similar characteristics. Results show that institutionalized children have less reciprocal friendships than non-institutionalized children. Institutionalized children give more support and share the ir intimate experienc es in their reciprocal friendships than non-institutionalized children. Moreover, friendship quality of non-reciprocal friendships in the institutionalized group is almost equivalent to reciprocal and non-reciprocal friendships in the non-institutionalized one. This evidence shows that the majority of institutionalized children establish friendship bonds with similar characteristics, as do other children of the same age range.