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2 Adolescent Peer Interaction Journal Articles Reviewed

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And Socialization In Friendships" and Kipke et als "Street Youth, Their Peer Group Affiliation And Differences According To Residential Status, Subsistence Patterns, And Use Of Services" provide empirical findings indicative  of a combination of social, cultural and academic exchange. Fink and Wild (1995) approach their research from a dual perspective: How significant are interest similarities in relation to friendship  choice, and "how does friendship foster the development of commonly shared leisure interests?" (p. 471). Kipke et al (1997) seek to determine how peer relationships and social support are  "directly related to social competence, self-esteem, and overall well-being" (p. 655). Studying how changes in interest similarities within two distinct groups - ninety-six  male friendship pair living on a German university campus and a control group - impacted peer associations, the six-month analysis enabled Fink and Wild (1995) to illustrate how incidents occurring  during the formative adolescent/young adult years are ones that remain with a person for the rest of his or her life. The study demonstrated how peer groups are instrumental  in providing both the negative and positive side of acceptance -- a part of social interaction every teen must endure. For the most part, peer groups are formed out  of a similarity in interests and personality behavior. This clearly explains the reasons why math-minded students prefer to socialize together, rather than interact with those on the football team.  If there is nothing inherently in common among the youths, there is no basis for a peer connection (Fink et al, 1995). It is by way of this  intrinsic connection that adolescents often allow their peers to influence them over parental involvement, inasmuch as they believe that their parents could not possible know how to associate with their