APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Children's Peer Social Competence in Relation to Classroom and Internet Friends
- Robert Washington
The University of Memphis - Samantha Newman
The University of Memphis - Robert Cohen
The University of Memphis
Abstract
Numbers of classroom and internet friends were related to children's (Grades 3-5) social competence. For both boys and girls, the more face-to-face classroom friends the less loneliness, and the more internet friends the more loneliness. Gender differences emerged on other competence measures in relation to number of internet friends.
Social Groups/Social Relationships
