School friends may play a major role in a teenager's academic success.
To study the relation between having school friends and academic achievement, researchers studied 629 American students from the 12th grade, who filled out a questionnaire and then kept a record of activities such as time spent studying and time spent with school friends and out-of-school friends.
It was found that students with higher grade-point averages (GPAs) had more school friends than out-of-school friends. The more school friends a student had, higher was the GPA.
The finding could be attributed to the fact that school friends are more likely to be achievement-oriented and share and support school-related activities, including studying, because they all share the same environment.
To study the relation between having school friends and academic achievement, researchers studied 629 American students from the 12th grade, who filled out a questionnaire and then kept a record of activities such as time spent studying and time spent with school friends and out-of-school friends.
It was found that students with higher grade-point averages (GPAs) had more school friends than out-of-school friends. The more school friends a student had, higher was the GPA.
The finding could be attributed to the fact that school friends are more likely to be achievement-oriented and share and support school-related activities, including studying, because they all share the same environment.