The Psychology of Friendship - Oxford University Press (2016)

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T he Psychology of  Friendship ...

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1 The Psychology of Friendship EDITED BY MAHZAD HOJJAT and ANNE MOYER ...

1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in r ...

CONTENTS Foreword ix William K. Rawlins Contributors xv Introduction: Psychological Aspects of Friendship Across the Life Span, ...

vi Contents Friendships Across Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation 75 Suzanna M. Rose and Michelle M. Hospital Friendship a ...

Contents vii Maintaining Long- Lasting Friendships 267 Debra L. Oswald Conclusion: Friendship: An Echo, a Hurrah, and Other Ref ...

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ix FOREWORD Friendship is a commonplace notion, familiar to and cherished by people around the world and across history. The cap ...

x Foreword expanded, some would say diluted, the meanings of friendship, an issue I address in what follows. Such varied meaning ...

Foreword xi or social station, friendship involves identifying areas of the relationship where the friends stand as equals. As C ...

xii Foreword relationships and roles exist, in effect prescribing who is allowed to care for whom, to what degree, and in what w ...

Foreword xiii of friendship. What are the implications of converting the nouns “friend” and “friendship” into the verb “friend” ...

xiv Foreword physical health, connections between persons’ mental health status and the difficul- ties of maintaining best frien ...

xv CONTRIBUTORS Rebecca G. Adams Department of Gerontology University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC Christopher ...

xvi Contributors Abigail L. Harris Department of Psychology Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO Michelle Hasan Department of Ps ...

Contributors xvii Franz J. Neyer Institut für Psychologie Friedrich- Schiller- Universität Jena Jena, Germany Debra L. Oswald De ...

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xix INTRODUCTION Psychological Aspects of Friendship Across the Life Span, Settings, and Relationships Mahzad Hojjat and Anne Mo ...