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racial and ethnic diversity (Cont.)
overcoming barriers to friendship across lines
of, 75– 76, 87
segregation of neighborhoods
and schools, 76
trends in United States, 75, 87
Radtke, H. L., 62
Rains, S. A., 102
Rapske, D., 196– 197
Rawlins, William
Compass of Friendship: Narratives, Identities, and
Dialogues, The, 68
cross- gender friendships, 59, 66
difficulty of defining friendship, 285
elusive study of friendship, ix– xiv, xix, 283
Friendship Matters: Communication, Dialectics,
and the Life Course, 68, 71
heteronormative bias in research, 69
“postmodern friendships,” 65
reassurance, excessive seeking of, 13
reciprocity
encouraging in the workplace, 135
general rule of, 23
and mentors as friends, 152
of support, 33
in workplace friendships, 129
Reddit, suggestions for future research, 102
Rees, C., 82
Reis, H. T., 296
relational interdependent self- construal, 279
relational needs, fulfillment of
in close relationships, 109– 111
higher- order needs, 117
within romantic dyads, 113– 115
relational regulation theory, of friendship and
health, 237
relationship fluctuation, and personality
development, 31– 32
relationships, maintaining on social media,
97– 98
relocation, and new friendships in old age, 50
reparatory behavior in friendships, 201– 202
research
academic books on friendship, 67– 69
Adams- Blieszner- Ueno framework for
friendship research, 39, 40f
defining “friendship,” 94
emotions expressed via social media, 93
evolving scholarship on friendship, 66
friendship and mental health functioning,
discussion, 261– 262
friendship and mental health functioning,
materials, 254– 258
friendship and mental health functioning,
original analysis, 253
friendship and mental health functioning,
participants and procedure, 253– 254
friendship and mental health functioning,
results, 258– 261
heteronormative bias in, 69
lack of diversity in, 292
moderately frequently mentioned
recommendations for research, 294– 295
most frequently mentioned themes in
friendship scholarship, 292, 294
as a multidisciplinary endeavor, 288, 288f
recommendations for future research, 293b
status and context of friendship research,
286– 288, 287f
theory as a future direction for, 295– 297
research, future directions for
friendship after romantic relationship,
189– 191
friendship and romantic relationships,
117– 119
friendship and social media, 102– 103
friendship in childhood and adolescence,
14– 15
friendship in young and middle adulthood,
32– 34
mental health functioning and friendship,
262– 263
mentors as friends, 153– 154
on peer mentoring relationships, 146– 147
on personality similarities in friendship, 27
transgression, forgiveness, and revenge in
friendship, 206– 208
retirement, and new friendships in old age, 50
revenge, and friendship
characteristics of the friendship, 199– 200
characteristics of the transgression, 200– 202
characteristics of the victim, 197– 199
directions for future research, 206– 208
evolutionary function of revenge, 195
lines of inquiry into, 196– 197
role of gender, 202– 206
reverse- causality, and friendship in romantic
relationships, 119
rivalry, sexual, 220– 221
Rivers, I., 79
Robbins, P., 5
Roberto, K. A., 47
Roberts, S. G. B., 267
Rodin, M. J., 126
role modeling vs. mentorship, 143
romantic relationships
appeal of pet ownership for, 163– 164, 164f
benefits of friendship for, 115– 117
friendship within romantic dyads, 112– 115
and fulfillment of relational needs, 109– 111
future directions for research, 117– 119
impact of external friendships on, 111– 112
importance of friendship to, 109
training for in adolescence, 22