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Title: Emotion Socialization, Peer Relations, and School Belonging during the High School Transition
Language: English
Authors: Rachel L. Miller-Slough (ORCID 0000-0001-9818-997X), Danhua Zhu, Julie C. Dunsmore
Source: Journal of Early Adolescence. 2026 46(5):660-691.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 32
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Socialization, Emotional Response, Peer Relationship, Sense of Belonging, Student Adjustment, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, High School Students, Social Support Groups, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Gender Differences
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
DOI: 10.1177/02724316251343103
ISSN: 0272-4316
1552-5449
Abstract: The transition to high school is an important context shift in adolescence. School belonging is a salient outcome that relates to future achievement and is influenced by peer relations. Supportive emotion socialization is a protective factor that has not previously been examined in relation to school belonging. The present study examined whether parent and friend emotion socialization prior to the high school transition moderated associations of peer relations with school belonging after the high school transition. Eighty-seven adolescents (50 girls, 37 boys; M age = 14.23 years, SD = 0.50) reported parents' and friends' emotion socialization and school belonging. Parents reported adolescents' problematic peer relations. Problematic peer relations related to lower school belonging in high school, but only when friends provided lower levels of supportive emotion socialization prior to the high school transition. Findings suggest that friend supportive emotion socialization may be a protective factor for the high school transition.
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