Friendship trust and psychological well-being from late adolescence to early adulthood : A structural equation modelling approach
Miething, Alexander ; Almquist, Ylva B ; Edling, Christofer LU
; Rydgren, Jens
and Rostila, Mikael
(2017)
In Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
45(3).
p.244-252
- Abstract
Aims: This study explored the sex-specific associations between friendship trust and the psychological well-being of young Swedes from late adolescence to early adulthood. Methods: A random sample of native Swedes born in 1990 was surveyed at age 19 years and again at age 23 years regarding their own well-being and their relationships with a maximum of five self-named peers. The response rate was 31.3%, resulting in 782 cases to be analysed. We used sex-stratified structural equation models to explore the associations between trust and well-being. Psychological well-being was constructed as the latent variable in the measurement part. The structural part accounted for the autocorrelation of trust with respect to well-being over time and... (More)
Aims: This study explored the sex-specific associations between friendship trust and the psychological well-being of young Swedes from late adolescence to early adulthood. Methods: A random sample of native Swedes born in 1990 was surveyed at age 19 years and again at age 23 years regarding their own well-being and their relationships with a maximum of five self-named peers. The response rate was 31.3%, resulting in 782 cases to be analysed. We used sex-stratified structural equation models to explore the associations between trust and well-being. Psychological well-being was constructed as the latent variable in the measurement part. The structural part accounted for the autocorrelation of trust with respect to well-being over time and incorporated the cross-lagged effects between late adolescence and early adulthood. Results: It was found that trust increased while well-being decreased for young men and remained stable for young women from 19 to 23 years of age. The young women reported lower well-being at both time points, whereas no sex difference was found for trust. Based on model fit comparisons, a simple model without forward or reward causation was accepted for young men, whereas reversed causation from well-being to trust was suggested for young women. Subsequent analysis based on these assumptions confirmed the reversed effect for young women. Conclusions: The findings suggest that young people do not benefit from trustful social relations to the same extent as adult populations. Young women who express impaired well-being run a greater risk of being members of networks characterized by low friendship trust over time.
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- author
- Miething, Alexander
; Almquist, Ylva B
; Edling, Christofer
LU
; Rydgren, Jens
and Rostila, Mikael
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-05-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- early adulthood, Friendship trust, late adolescence, social networks, structural equation modelling, well-being
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- volume
- 45
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 9 pages
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85018746856
- pmid:27885159
- wos:000400160200006
- ISSN
- 1403-4948
- DOI
- 10.1177/1403494816680784
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f988e62d-f163-45c8-a1ea-07092bbbdfed
- date added to LUP
- 2017-06-09 08:07:44
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