TY - JOUR
T1 - Similarity in Gender and Self-Esteem for Supportive Peer Relationships
T2 - The Mediating Role of Cooperative Goals
AU - Chen, Nancy Yi Feng
AU - Huang, Xu
AU - Tjosvold, Dean
N1 - Funding information:
The authors thank their research assistants from Sichuan University for their assistance in conducting this study. They also appreciate the financial support awarded to the second author by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Grant Project #A-PF43.
Publisher copyright:
© 2008 Copyright the Authors
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - The present study investigated whether cooperative goals mediate the relationship between similarity in gender and self-esteem and social support and relationship quality in ongoing peer dyads. Based on data collected from 209 student dyads, the findings largely support the mediating role of cooperative goals. However, the study found that gender similarity was positively related while self-esteem similarity was negatively related to cooperative goals and relationship quality of peer dyad members.
AB - The present study investigated whether cooperative goals mediate the relationship between similarity in gender and self-esteem and social support and relationship quality in ongoing peer dyads. Based on data collected from 209 student dyads, the findings largely support the mediating role of cooperative goals. However, the study found that gender similarity was positively related while self-esteem similarity was negatively related to cooperative goals and relationship quality of peer dyad members.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00343.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00343.x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:42149095550
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 38
SP - 1147
EP - 1178
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 5
ER -