Women's friendships: Influence of feminism and sexual orientation on Caucasian women's friendship patterns and emotional well-being

"The present study examined the effects of ""woman-identification"" on women's friendships and subjective well-being by investigating the friendship patterns of nonfeminist heterosexual women, feminist heterosexual women, and feminist lesbians and bisexual women. Three major questions were addressed. First, do feminist and nonfeminist women differ in their friendship patterns, both with men and with women? Second, does sexual orientation interact with feminism in affecting women's friendships? Finally, are these differences in woman-centeredness, reflected in feminism and alternative sexual identities, also reflected in the emotional well-being and interpersonal experiences of women?"

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Women's Studies

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Taylor, Ellen Baldwin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fitzgerald, Louise F.

• Women's Studies
• Psychology, Clinical
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Taylor, Ellen Baldwin

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512568
(UMI)AAI9512568

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23741