Adult Friendship |
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| Author:
| Blieszner, Rosemary
Adams, Rebecca G. |
| Series title: | SAGE Series on Close Relationships Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8039-3672-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1992 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $104.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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