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Psychol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>Developmental researchers are becoming increasingly interested in the role of social media in adolescents\u2019 experiences with their peers; however, to date, few studies have investigated the association between youngsters\u2019 interactions with friends online and the perceived quality of their friendship relationships.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thus, the current study aims to test the associations between three social media features, as perceived by adolescents, (i.e., availability, quantifiability, visualness) and the quality of adolescents\u2019 friendships (in terms of perceived validation, intimacy, companionship), considering participants\u2019 frequency of active social media use (i.e., self-oriented and other-oriented social media use), and the role of perceived group norms about social media use. Moreover, we tested potential differences across gender groups. Participants were 751 adolescents (<jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>age<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u200916.2, SD\u2009=\u20091.5).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A SEM analysis showed that, among the perceived social media features, availability was positively associated with perceived friendship quality\u2013both directly and indirectly. Furthermore, friends who participated more in other-oriented social media use reported being more satisfied with their friendship relationships and the results showed that peer influence processes were also active on social media.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Taken together, these results emphasize the study of social media as a social context for a better understanding of contemporary peer experiences during adolescence. 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