The significance of feeling needed and useful to family and friends for psychological well‐being during adolescence
Like adults, adolescents have a need to contribute and feel needed in their social worlds. Studies of close relationships should incorporate the ways in which youth provide resources and support to others in their lives as well as the sense of feeling needed and useful derived from those activities.
Authors
- Xochitl Arlene Smola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4833-0426)
- Andrew J. Fuligni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3622-8499)
- Ava Trimble
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Adolescence
- Published
- 2024-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12403
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64