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forming and trusting impressions, 96– 97
and friendship processes, 95– 96
future directions for research, 102– 104
health benefits of online friendship, 243
maintaining relationships on social
media, 97– 98, 273– 275
and psychosocial outcomes, 100– 102
and redefining friendship, 93– 95
social capital and social support, 99– 100
social media site design and architecture,
102– 103
use of multiple types of media, 98– 99
social needs fulfillment, effect of pet ownership,
166– 167, 167f
social networking sites, defined, 93– 94
social networks
ambivalent friendships in, 242– 243
changes in adulthood, 28f
definition of, 234
and maintaining friendships, 272
and postromantic friendships, 186– 189, 189– 190
social network theory, 235
social structure, and selection of friends, 41– 42
social support
components of, 234
and coronary heart disease, 240
effects on health and well- being, 160– 161
and mental health functioning, 252– 253
Social Support Index, 254– 255
social support theory, 235– 236
socioeconomic difference, and cognitive motifs
of friendship, 44– 45
socioemotional adjustment
and friendship experiences, 6– 11
school adjustment, 11
socioemotional selectivity theory, 27
Sosik, V. S., 99
“special peer”
and mentors as friends, 145, 146
and workplace friendships, 128
Sprecher, D., 112
Springer, C., 197
Stafford, L., 269
Steinfeld, C., 100
Stevens, N., 142
Stevens, N. L., 47, 51, 52
Stillwell, A., 200– 201
Strang, V. R ., 50
stress
effects of pet ownership on, 164– 165
friends as sources of, 242– 243
and mental health functioning, 252– 253
stress- buffering model, of friendship and health, 236
Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The (Kuhn), 64
Sullivan, H. S.
competitiveness in adolescence, 217
developmental needs and peer relationships, 4
impact of competitiveness, 215– 216, 225
purposes of friendship, 249– 250
self- esteem in middle childhood, 9
Sumner, E., 97
symbolic outcomes, 115– 116Tabak, B.A., 195
Tassi, F., 216– 217
teaching friendship, 283
technology
effects on health and friendship, 243– 244
maintaining friendships with, 273– 275
and mentoring opportunities, 153– 154
Tesser, A., 219
theories of friendship
attachment theory, 69– 70, 110, 118– 119, 295
dialectical theory, 70, 71
feminist intersectional theory, 70
future research on, 295– 297
interdependence theory and relational needs,
110, 118
intersectional theory of adult friendship, 70– 71
media multiplexity theory, 98– 99, 100
relational regulation theory, of friendship and
health, 237
self- determination theory and relational needs,
110
similarity- attraction theory, 23
social capitalization theory of friendship and
health, 237– 238
social constructionism theory of adult
friendship, 69– 70
social network theory, 235
social support theory, 235– 236
socioemotional selectivity theory, 27
theoretical perspectives on adult friendships,
69– 71
Thorton, B., 219– 220
Tilman- Healy, L. M., 69
Todd, M. J., 67
Tolstoy, Leo, 112– 113
Toma, C. L., 102
Tomaka, J., 164
Tong, S. T., 97
transformation of motivation, 116
transformative experiences, and friendship across
barriers, 80– 81
transgressions in friendship
characteristics of the friendship, 199– 200
characteristics of the provocation, 200– 202
characteristics of the victim, 197– 199
directions for future research, 206– 208
responses to, 195– 196
role of gender, 202– 206
transitions, maintaining friendships
during, 271– 272
transsexuals, and gender among adult friends
benefits of transgender friendship, 85