Friendship Processes

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Beverley Fehr - University of Winnipeg, Canada

Volume: 12

Series:
SAGE Series on Close Relationships

Other Titles in:
Close Relationships | Interpersonal Relations | Sociology of the Family

January 1996 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Description
Contents

This broad-ranging volume examines how friends give meaning to our lives. Each phase of the friendship process is illustrated with empirical research. The result is a conceptual framework that illuminates the fascinating components involved in making friends, becoming close and keeping friends, and in friendships deteriorating and dissolving.

The Meaning of Friendship

Theories of Friendship

Friendship Formation

Achieving Closeness

Gender Issues in Friendship

Friendship Maintenance

Deterioration and Dissolution

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