. 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 5.

Conflict Relationship Impact × Friendship Types among Younger and Older Adolescents

	Disengaged n (%)	Interdependent n (%)
Younger adolescents
Made relationship better	10 (23.8)	4 (22.2)
No impact on relationship	20 (47.6)	9 (50.0)
Made relationship worse	12 (28.6)	5 (27.8)
Older adolescents^*
Made relationship better	4 (23.5)	1 (5.0)
No impact on relationship	5 (29.4)	14 (70.0)
Made relationship worse	8 (47.1)	5 (25.0)

Note. N = 59 disengaged dyads and 38 interdependent dyads. Separate Friendship Type × Conflict Relationship impact χ² analyses were conducted for younger adolescents (n = 60 dyads) and older adolescents (n = 37).

Differences in χ² within age groups, p < .05.