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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Adolesc. 2002 Sep 1;12(3):353–372. doi: 10.1111/1532-7795.00037

TABLE 3.

Conflict Negative Affect × Friendship Types among Younger and Older Adolescents

Disengaged M (SD) Interdependent M (SD)
Younger adolescents 2.46 (.85) 2.47 (.75)
Older adolescents 3.00a (.89) 1.84b (.76)

Note. N = 59 disengaged dyads and 38 interdependent dyads. Different subscripts indicate statistically significant differences, p < .05, between age groups in follow-up t tests. Negative affect was rated on a scale ranging from 1 (a little angry) to 4 (very angry).