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The Effect of Peer Relationship on Academic Performance in High School Students
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Abstract
Due to the singleness of high school students’ contact with social groups and the onerous nature of learning tasks, peer relationships have become one of the most important interpersonal relationships among high school students. Moreover, peer relationships have been proven to have a certain impact on their academic performance. Based on this fact, this study mainly explains three indicators of peer relationship: the number of friends, friends’ academic performance, and the quality of friendship. The interrelationship and internal impact mechanisms of peer relationships on the academic performance of high school students were also discussed. A cluster sampling method was used to collect a sample of 165 high school students. The Friendship Quality Scale was used to measure the quality of friendship among high school students. Furthermore, the present study explored the interaction between peer relationships and academic performance among high school students. According to the research results, we find that Peer relationships among high school students have a significant impact on academic performance. The better peer relationships are, the better the students’ academic performance is. The author suggests that good peer relationships should be used in students’ daily study life, which does good to their physical and mental fitness.
Keywords
peer relationships, academic performance, friendship, teenagers
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Liu,J. (2023). The Effect of Peer Relationship on Academic Performance in High School Students. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,13,136-144.
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