APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Informant Discrepancies in Youth Neuroticism: Evidence for Three Classes of Friendship
- Alexander Williams
Northwestern University - Michelle Craske
University of California, Los Angeles - Susan Mineka
Northwestern University - Richard Zinbarg
Northwestern University
Abstract
In a sample of 254 older adolescents, we used latent class analysis to test whether youth friendships could be categorized based on self- and peer-reported discrepancies in neuroticism. The evidence supported three classes. Two classes were characterized by high discrepancy and one class was characterized by similarity across these reports.
Adolescent