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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Adult Friendship"”.
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Social provisions in adult friendship
… study examined the social provisions that adults felt they received from friendship as well as what they desired from friendship and explored discrepancies between what was received and desired. The social provisions were distinguished as: attachment, social integration, reliable alliance, …
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An Existential Punchline: How Humor Functions in a Young Adult Friendship Facing Advanced Cancer
<p>Young adults (i.e., age 18-39) only comprise 4% of the total cancer population, yet cancers in this group are commonly found at more advanced stages due to situational factors influencing delayed diagnosis including access to healthcare, quality health insurance and competing life demands that …
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Alumnae perceptions of the influence of the undergraduate experience on adult friendship and the overall quality of life
… of their undergraduate experience over their adult friendships. Through a survey, alumnae indicated the types and patterns of friendships they have formed and maintained as adults and ranked the importance of friendships to the total quality of their adult lives In follow-up telephone …
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An integration of friendship and social support : relationships with adjustment in college students
A conceptual integration of friendship and social support, explored via factor analysis, was examined in relation to adjustment in 242 undergraduate university men and women. Despite considerable overlap between theoretical components of adult friendship and social support, empirically these two …
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The Social Context of Prejudice: Peer Group Effects on Individuals' Homophobic and Racist Attitudes
… effects of socialization processes within friendship groups necessitate a broader examination of the way in which individuals and groups form, maintain, or change their prejudiced attitudes over time. Combined, these findings support the argument to directly incorporate the study of young …
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Interracial Friendships in the US: A Better Understanding of Presence and Variation
… Previous studies have examined interracial friendships, typically within educational settings, in relation to racial prejudice without taking in to account the formation of interracial friendship. I address the void in the literature regarding the presence and formation of adult interracial …