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Early Adolescents' Perceived Interpersonal Risks and Benefits

Relations to Social Support and Psychological Functioning

University of California, Irvine

The present study examined how early adolescents' network orientation, or their perceptions of the risks and benefits involved in interpersonal relationships, impinge on their social support and their psychological adjustment. Four hundred fifty 6th graders completed extensive questionnaires about their network orientation, social support, and psychological functioning. Subjects `parents and teachers also rated the support they provide to the adolescent. Results indicated that adolescents' perceived social benefits were predictive of both perceived familial and perceived nonfamilial support. Subjects' perceived social risks and benefits were associated with father-rated support, but not with mother- or teacher-rated support. In addition, adolescents who were lonely or who had low self-worth perceived more social risks, and depressed subjects perceived fewer social benefits, than individuals not exhibiting these psychological difficulties. These results suggest that early adolescents' evaluations of interpersonal risks and benefits are consequential for their social support and their psychological health.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 9, No. 4, 374-395 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431689094001


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