Friendship processes [[electronic resource] /] / Beverley Fehr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480396603321
• Autore: Fehr Beverley Anne <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c1996
• ISBN: 1-5063-1991-2; 1-4833-2744-2; 1-4522-4777-3; 0-585-29202-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Collana: SAGE series on close relationships; Sage series on close relationships
• Disciplina: 302.34
• Soggetti: Friendship; Intimacy (Psychology); Man-woman relationships; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-227) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Meaning of Friendship; The Place of Friendship in Our Lives; Friendship: What is It?; Summary; Chapter 2 - Theories of Friendship; Reinforcement Theories; Social Exchange and Equity Theories; Cognitive Consistency Theories; Developmental Theories; Comparison of the Theories; Summary; Chapter 3 - Friendship Formation; Environmental Factors; Individual Factors; Situational Factors; Dyadic Factors; Convergence of Environmental, Individual, Situational, and Dyadic Factors; Summary; Chapter 4 - Achieving Closeness; Strangers versus FriendsAcquaintances versus Friends; Friends versus Close Friends; Friends versus Best Friends; Close Friends versus Best Friends; Other Friendship Typologies; Summary; Chapter 5 - Gender Issues in Friendship; Amount of Time Spent with Friends; Activities; Conversation Topics; Social Support; Quality of Friendship; Love and Affection; Closeness and Intimacy; Are Women's Friendships Really more Intimate Than Men's?; Gender Role Differences; Issues in Cross-Sex Friendships; Summary; Chapter 6 - Friendship Maintenance; ; Dialectics of Friendship Maintenance; Conflict and Anger in FriendshipsMaintenance Strategies; Summary; Chapter 7 - Deterioration and Dissolution; The Dark Side of Friendship; Deterioration; Rejuvenation; Dissolution; Strategies for Ending Friendships; Ending on a Happy Note; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a conceptual framework that illuminates the elements involved in making friends, becoming close and keeping friends, and in friendships deteriorating and dissolving. Each phase of the process is illustrated with empirical research.