文摘
Childhood friendships have been shown to impact mental health over the short term; however, it is unclear whether these effects are sustained into young adulthood. We studied the prospective association between childhood friendships and psychological difficulties in young adulthood. Data come from 1,103 French 22-5?year olds participating in the TEMPO study. Childhood friendships were ascertained in 1991 when participants were 4-6?years old. Psychological difficulties were measured in 2009 using the Adult Self-Report. Logistic regression models controlled for participants-age, sex, childhood psychological difficulties and parental characteristics. Young adults who had no childhood friends had higher odds of psychological difficulties than those with at least one friend: (adjusted ORs 2.45; 95?% CI 1.32-.66, p?=?0.01 for high internalizing symptoms; 1.81; 95?% CI 0.94-.54, p?=?0.08 for high externalizing symptoms). Social relations early in life may have consequences for adult psychological well-being.