Yet more evidence of the benefits of healthy teen relationships: Students who get good grades tend to have friends at their schools, according to a new study from UCLA.
Dr. Melissa Witkow and her colleagues studied 629 high school seniors and found that "those with a higher portion of friends who attended the same school received higher grades."
"This is partially because in-school friends are more likely to be achievement-oriented and share and support school-related activities, including studying, because they are in the same environment," Dr. Witkow said.
The findings apply to all genders and ethnic groups.
The study appears in the Journal of Research on Adolescence.
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