Friendship Processes, Band 12SAGE, 1996 - 240 Seiten Friendship Processes examines how friends give meaning to our lives and why we rely so heavily on them. Broad in its coverage, the book is process oriented and research based with each phase of the friendship process documented by empirical research. The result is a conceptual framework that illuminates the fascinating components of how we make friends, how we become close, how we maintain friends, and how friendships deteriorate and dissolve. Author Beverley Fehr equips the reader with valuable knowledge about the formations and continuations of the intriguing personal relationship called friendship. Friendship Processes also illustrates well the fact that, as a field of study, close relationships is maturing rapidly. Promising to be the definitive study of the subject for many years to come, this book will be of particular interest to students, practitioners, and researchers in social psychology, sociology, communication, family studies, and social work as well as any interested reader who is eager to deepen his or her understanding and appreciation of a very engaging topic. |
Inhalt
Chapter 1 The Meaning of Friendship | 1 |
The Place of Friendship in Our Lives | 2 |
What is It? | 5 |
Summary | 20 |
Chapter 2 Theories of Friendship | 21 |
Reinforcement Theories | 22 |
Social Exchange and Equity Theories | 24 |
Cognitive Consistency Theories | 31 |
Activities | 115 |
Conversation Topics | 119 |
Social Support | 127 |
Quality of Friendship | 129 |
Love and Affection | 130 |
Closeness and Intimacy | 131 |
Are Womens Friendships Really more Intimate Than Mens? | 133 |
Gender Role Differences | 141 |
Developmental Theories | 34 |
Comparison of the Theories | 38 |
Summary | 41 |
Chapter 3 Friendship Formation | 43 |
Environmental Factors | 44 |
Individual Factors | 50 |
Situational Factors | 58 |
Dyadic Factors | 61 |
Convergence of Environmental Individual Situational and Dyadic Factors | 65 |
Summary | 68 |
Chapter 4 Achieving Closeness | 70 |
Strangers versus Friends | 71 |
Acquaintances versus Friends | 74 |
Friends versus Close Friends | 102 |
Friends versus Best Friends | 104 |
Close Friends versus Best Friends | 105 |
Other Friendship Typologies | 106 |
Summary | 111 |
Chapter 5 Gender Issues in Friendship | 113 |
Amount of Time Spent with Friends | 114 |
Issues in CrossSex Friendships | 142 |
Summary | 153 |
Chapter 6 Friendship Maintenance | 155 |
Dialectics of Friendship Maintenance | 156 |
Conflict and Anger in Friendships | 159 |
Maintenance Strategies | 165 |
Summary | 177 |
Chapter 7 Deterioration and Dissolution | 178 |
The Dark Side of Friendship | 179 |
Deterioration | 181 |
Rejuvenation | 183 |
Dissolution | 185 |
Strategies for Ending Friendships | 197 |
Ending on a Happy Note | 200 |
References | 202 |
Author Index | 228 |
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About the Author | 240 |
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