The Psychology of Friendship - Oxford University Press (2016)

CONTENTS

Foreword ix
William K. Rawlins

Contributors xv
Introduction: Psychological Aspects of Friendship Across the Life Span, Settings,
and Relationships xix
Mahzad Hojjat and Anne Moyer

PA RT I FRIENDSHIP ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN

1. Friendship in Childhood and Adolescence 3
   Cynthia A. Erdley and Helen J. Day


2. Friendships in Young and Middle Adulthood: Normative Patterns
   and Personality Differences 21
   Cornelia Wrzus, Julia Zimmermann, Marcus Mund,
   and Franz J. Neyer


3. Interactive Motifs and Processes in Old Age Friendship 39
   Rebecca G. Adams, Julia Hahmann, and Rosemary Blieszner

PART II WHO ARE OUR FRIENDS?

4. The Hackneyed Notions of Adult “Same- Sex”
   and “Opposite- Sex” Friendships 59
   Michael Monsour