Table 4.

Odds Ratios for Friendship Factors Predicting Group Membership

	Decreasing vs. Low-stable	Increasing vs. Low-stable	χ2	Increasing vs. Decreasing	χ2
Friendship characteristics
Friend’s aggressive behavior	1.11	1.50	0.82	0.32	0.38
Self-reported friendship quality	1.40	1.89	2.42	0.30	0.64
Friend-reported friendship quality	1.32	2.44	2.88	1.86	2.88
Friendship Understanding
Formation	4.39**	0.73	7.48*	−2.03	2.78†
Closeness	2.84*	0.60	4.89†	−1.13	1.88
Trust	1.64	0.16*	7.95*	−2.41	5.37*
Conflict resolution	1.03	1.40	0.15	0.32	0.11
Termination	1.23	0.71	0.69	−0.53	0.63
Control Variables
Gender (female)	0.72	1.06	0.82	−0.41	0.32

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.