The study of friendship can, even today, be viewed as a rather trivial exercise. It can be seen
as reflecting a concern with the emotional, the tangential. Friendship, it is implied, is not …

The past decades have witnessed an explosion of research examining the potential of social
support for reducing stress. Hundreds of studies have explored the connection between …

" This enlarged second edition is indeed a welcome and excellent addition to the literature
on a phenomenon that affects us all in many ways, obvious and less obvious, as we wend …

In this wholly revised second edition, Michael Edelstein draws or iis thiffy years as a
community activist tc provide a much-expanded theoretical foundation for understanding the …

We examined the extent to which isolated and aggressive 6th graders compensate for
unsatisfying school friendships by deriving support from siblings and nonschool friends and …

Previous cross-cultural research into social support has attributed national variations in
observed support to assumed cultural variables, but has rarely measured these variables …

BY 1990 over half of all American men entering the retirement years will be veterans with a
life history shaped by participation in the Armed Forces. This investigation traces the burden …

This monograph studies women and men as friends from a developmental perspective.
Women and Men as Friends examines cross-sex friendships from early childhood through …

We examined the value of various conversational topics among same-sex friends on coping
with stress. Talking about one's feelings with a friend in anticipation of a stressful event …

This study explored:(a) the differences between MKs and Non-MKs on measures of parental
attachment, perceived social support, reverse culture shock and college adjustment;(b) …