Index 311and dyadic nature of friendships, 275– 276
friendship maintenance behaviors, 268– 271
future research on, 280
and relationship satisfaction, 271– 275
theoretical frameworks for understanding,
276– 280
and use of technology, 273– 275
Lozano, Elizabeth B.
transgression, forgiveness, and revenge in
friendship, 195– 211
transgressions in friendship, xx
Lunsford, Laura Gail, mentors as friends, xx,
141– 156, 290– 291, 296
Lyons, M., 220
Maccoby, E. E., 222
MacEvoy, J. P., 203
MacGregor, J. C. D., 46
Mann, S., 46
Mannell, R ., 284
Margison, J. A., 217
Markiewicz, D., 132
marriage
and developing friendships, 29
and quality of friendships, 29– 30
Marshall, K. C., loneliness and transition to
middle school, 11
Martina, C. M. S., 51
matching hypothesis, of friendship and health,
236– 237
Matthews, S. H., 47
Mattingly, B. A.
friendship after romantic relationship, 179, 181
maintaining friendships, 277
relational interdependent self- construal, 279
May, M., 214
Mazer, J. P., 99
McAndrew, F. T., 45
McCollough, M. E.
forgiveness in friendships, 195, 197
revenge in friendships, 199
McConnell, Allen R ., animals as friends, xx,
157– 174, 289– 290
McEwan, B.
maintaining relationships on social media, 97,
98, 99, 273– 274
research methods of, 103
McGrath, A., 14
McGuire, J. E., 218
McIntosh, P., 81
McManus, S. E., 145
media multiplexity theory, 98– 99, 100
Megathlin, D., 48
mental health distress and relationship qualities,
bivariate correlates between, 260t
mental health functioning, and friendship
associations between, 251– 252
befriending programs, 262
benefits of friendship, 250– 251, 289
defining qualities of friendship, 249– 250
developmental contributors to friendship
capacity, 250
future research directions, 262– 263
links between, 249, 263, 289
mental health distress and relationship
qualities, 260t
original analysis of data regarding, 253
psychiatric diagnostic and treatment histories,
and relationship qualities, 256t– 257t
social support and mental health, 252– 253
study discussion, 261– 262
study materials, 254– 258
study participants and procedure, 253– 254
study results, 258– 261
mentor, origin of word, 143
MentorNet, 154
mentors, as friends
benefits and costs of friendship, 150– 151
a conceptual model of, 151– 153, 152f
considerations for future research, 153– 154
defining mentorship, 143
and demographic groups, 151
developing mentoring relationships, 144
developmental networks, 147– 148
increasing opportunities for, 142
informal mentoring and natural mentors,
148– 150
instrumental aid and psychosocial support,
143, 145
overlapping characteristics of each, 141– 142,
144
peer mentors, 145– 147
perceptions of relationship, 149– 150
and power distance, 151– 153
Miche, M., 47
Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test, 258
microaggression, in cross- race and cross- ethnic
friendships, 78
Mikami, A. Y., 14
Miller, R . S., 280
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, 252
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, 251
Mitchell, J. C., 235
Monsour, Michael
difficulty of defining friendship, 285, 286
interdisciplinary approach to friendship, 296
“same- sex” and “opposite- sex” friendships,
notions of, xx, 59– 74
Women and Men as Friends: Relationships Across
the Life Span in the 21st Century, 68
Montoya, R . M., 23, 296