The Psychology of Friendship - Oxford University Press (2016)

238 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships Sharing positive experiences with a supportive and responsive friend has been shown ...

Friendship and Health 239 Effects of Friendship on Health Overall, there is strong evidence for the protective effect of social ...

240 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships Self- Reported Health and Symptomology The majority of studies that examine the heal ...

Friendship and Health 241 Another clinical outcome that is gaining interest is oral health, given that peri- odontal disease is ...

242 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships white matter microstructural integrity in the brain (Molesworth, Sheu, Cohen, Gianar ...

Friendship and Health 243 compared with a supportive friend. Several other studies using other research designs have shown consi ...

244 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships reduced stress, and in turn less self- reported physical illness and greater well- b ...

Friendship and Health 245 Acknowledgments This work was supported by a grant from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study i ...

246 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships Cohen, S. (1988). Psychosocial models of the role of social support in the etiology ...

Friendship and Health 247 Holt- Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton, J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk:  ...

248 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships Steers, M. N., Wickham, R. E., & Acitelli, L. K. (2014). Seeing everyone else’s ...

249 15 Friendship and Mental Health Functioning Alan R. King, Tiffany D. Russell, and Amy C. Veith Sias and Bartoo (2007) descri ...

250 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships and interpersonal skills, and buffer both partners against life stressors (Bukowski, ...

Friendship and Mental Health 251 positive family attitudes, and enhanced romantic relationships (Bagwell et  al., 1998). Recipro ...

252 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships trigger internalized or externalized symptoms of psychological distress (Bagwell et  ...

Friendship and Mental Health 253 In one 3- year follow- up study of first episode psychotic patients, higher levels of social su ...

254 Benefits and Maintenance of Friendships 1.7%; Biracial, 1.0%; Asian, 2.1%; Other, 2.6%) varied in the sample. Women (n = 750 ...

Friendship and Mental Health 255 ever an adult, outside of your family, who encouraged you and believed in you? Did you ever hav ...

Table 15.1 Relationship Qualities as a Function of Psychiatric Diagnostic and Treatment Histories Adult Best Friendship Childhoo ...

Adult Best Friendship Childhood Relationship Favorability Maintenance Difficulty Friendship Circle Social Support n M SD n M SD ...