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Lorijn SJ, Engels MC, Huisman M, et al. Long-Term Effects of Acceptance and Rejection by Parents and Peers on Educational Attainment: A Study from Pre-Adolescence to Early Adulthood. J Youth Adolesc. 2021;doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01506-z.
Lorijn, S. J., Engels, M. C., Huisman, M., & Veenstra, R. (2021). Long-Term Effects of Acceptance and Rejection by Parents and Peers on Educational Attainment: A Study from Pre-Adolescence to Early Adulthood. Journal of youth and adolescence, . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01506-z
Lorijn, Sofie J, et al. "Long-Term Effects of Acceptance and Rejection by Parents and Peers on Educational Attainment: A Study from Pre-Adolescence to Early Adulthood." Journal of youth and adolescence vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01506-z
Lorijn SJ, Engels MC, Huisman M, Veenstra R. Long-Term Effects of Acceptance and Rejection by Parents and Peers on Educational Attainment: A Study from Pre-Adolescence to Early Adulthood. J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Oct 05; doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01506-z. Epub 2021 Oct 05. PMID: 34609673.
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J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Oct 05; doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01506-z. Epub 2021 Oct 05.

Long-Term Effects of Acceptance and Rejection by Parents and Peers on Educational Attainment: A Study from Pre-Adolescence to Early Adulthood.

Journal of youth and adolescence

Sofie J Lorijn, Maaike C Engels, Mark Huisman, René Veenstra

Affiliations

  1. Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. [email protected].
  2. Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

PMID: 34609673 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-021-01506-z

Abstract

Acceptance and rejection by parents and peers play an important role in pre-adolescents' educational outcomes. Prior research focused on either parents or peers, did not encompass effects into adulthood, or considered either acceptance or rejection. This study investigated the relation between parental and peer acceptance and rejection, and their interplay, in pre-adolescence and educational attainment in early adulthood. A sample of 2229 pre-adolescents (M

© 2021. The Author(s).

Keywords: Acceptance; Educational attainment; Longitudinal; Parents; Peers; Rejection

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