Comparison with friends, closeness of friendship, and academic achievement and perceived academic competence of junior high school students

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  • Toyama Miki
    Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Faculty of Humanities, Tokyo Seitoku University

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  • 中学生の学業成績と学業コンピテンスの関係に及ぼす友人の影響
  • チュウガクセイ ノ ガクギョウ セイセキ ト ガクギョウ コンピテンス ノ カンケイ ニ オヨボス ユウジン ノ エイキョウ

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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence friends had on academic competence of children. Junior high school students, 322 in total, participated in the study. Results essentially replicated previous studies on the relationship between academic achievement and perceived academic competence, and it was positive. The present study also found that when the friendship was close and reciprocal, the achievement-competence relationship was strong if the friend's achievement was low, and weak if it was high. In contrast, children's perception of academic competence was not influenced if the comparison of academic achievement was made with a friend who was not very close.

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