Having a strong bond with family can help a person’s self-esteem. One past research examined authenticity in relationships as a predictor of quality of friendship and psychological well-being in 14 year old girls. It was discovered the girls with higher levels of family social support had less depressive symptomatology than those with lower levels of family support. Taking into account sociometer theory, the participants who had higher level of support also had a higher level of self-esteem (Theran, 2010). Youths who have a range of social connections tend to have better outcomes than youths who have less connections with others (Dang, …show more content…
The survey was a Likert scale (see Appendix A). Scoring for responses ranged from 0-3. After completion, survey were then calculated based on participant’s responses. A second survey was also completed by participants, Hawthorn’s friendship scale (see Appendix B). Hawthorn’s survey consisted of six questions with the option of five different responses. Each response had a score of 0-4. Response scores were then tallied up. After participants completed their surveys, participants were handed a piece of paper that debriefed them on the purpose of the study and thanked for their time. Questionnaires lasted about 3