Adolescent friendships, mental health, and well-being: a comprehensive analysis of friendship interventions, friendship quality, and moderating variables

Thesis

Adolescence is a prolonged period of rapid neurobiological, psychological, and social development. This rapid development can put adolescents at risk for mental health difficulties and low well-being. Finding ways to address these difficulties in an acceptable and scalable way is especially important to ensure they do not persist into adulthood. One way to address these difficulties is through the lens of supportive interpersonal relationships, which become increasingly important as adolescen...

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Authors: Manchanda, T

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-xqd94n58z
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: friendship; interventions; schools; adolescence; well-being; online friends; mental health
• Subjects: Psychiatry; Quantitative research; Mental health; Qualitative research; Adolescence