Full report: Best Friends Forever? Friendship Stability Across School Transition
Published by: British Journal of Educational Psychology, September 2018
SUMMARY
The quality of children's friendships has been linked to mental health and educational attainment. However, the transition to secondary school can interrupt the stability of friendships. Friends may move on to different schools while new social and educational challenges may disrupt friendships.
A group of researchers from University College London, Cardiff University and the University of Surrey set out to explore rates of friendship stability and whether maintaining a stable best friend helped children adjust to secondary school. Schools vary in their approach to supporting friendships, with some allowing children to nominate friends they would like in the same class. Others do not accept input from children and parents when establishing class groups. The team wanted to test whether school policies that promote friendships have an effect on friendship stability.
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