Are we good friends? – Friendship preferences and the quantity and quality of mutual friendships

Figures & data

Table 1. Estimates of the Hierarchical Linear Model to predict the number of nominated friends

Variable	B	SE	t
Intercept	4.10	0.11	36.20***
SEN	−0.80	0.16	−5.03***
Gender	0.10	0.12	0.81

***p < .001; Note. Reference category for SEN is No SEN and for gender it is boy.

Table 2. Estimates of the Hierarchical Linear Model to predict the number of nominations by peers

Variable	B	SE	t
Intercept	3.78	0.17	22.03***
SEN	−1.55	0.24	−6.56***
Gender	−0.14	0.18	−0.77

***p < .001; Note. Reference category for SEN is No SEN and for gender it is boy.

Table 3. Estimates of the Hierarchical Linear Model to predict the number of mutual friendships

Variable	B	SE	t
Intercept	2.37	0.12	20.11***
SEN	−0.84	0.16	−5.22***
Gender	−0.08	0.12	−0.70

***p < .001; Note. Reference category for SEN is No SEN and for gender it is boy.

Table 4. Estimates of the Cross-Classified Multilevel Model to the self-rated quality of the friendship

Variable	B	SE	t
Intercept	3.57	0.05	65.15***
SEN − NoSEN	0.11	0.10	1.03
NoSEN − SEN	−0.07	0.08	−0.89
SEN – SEN	0.19	0.14	1.37
Gender of the voter	−0.03	0.11	−0.27
Gender of the chosen one	−0.13	0.10	−1.24
same Gender	0.54	0.14	3.87***

***p < .001; Note. Random effects (class code*student code: SD = 0.63; class code*student code of the chosen: SD = 0.12); The reference category for SEN is NoSEN – NoSEN and for gender it is boy.

Data availability

Due to ethical reasons, the data are not publicly available.