ISBN:
9781452245881
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (161 pages)
Series Statement:
SAGE Series on Close Relationships v.3
DDC:
302.34
Keywords:
Freundschaft
;
Erwachsener
;
USA
Abstract:
A topic relevant to everyone - friendship - is explored in this volume, the first in the SAGE Series on Close Relationships. It presents a thoughtful statement about what we know, and have yet to learn, concerning adults' friendships. The authors discuss state-of-the-art research on the interplay between social structure, individual disposition and dynamic processes of friendship, and findings on both similarities and differences across adult lifecourse stages. They provide a theoretical framework, incorporating both sociological and psychological perspectives. Using this framework, they offer a new and integrative model of friendship to synthesize research, identify gaps in the literature, scrutinize methods used an.
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