Title
Friendship Styles
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry
Date
2001
Document Type
Book Chapter
Medical Subject Headings
Friends; Interpersonal Relations
Disciplines
Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
This article presents definitions of friendship, explores gender differences in friendship, and then traces the interweaving of gender and friendship as they develop over the life span. The effects on friendship of sexual orientation and culture and their interactions with gender in relation to friendship will also be examined. In addition, we consider both same-sex and other-sex friendships.
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Comments
Citation: Winstead, B. A. & Griffin, J. L. (2001). Friendship Styles. In J. Worrell (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, p. 481-492.
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At the time of publication, Jessica Griffin was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.