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Friendship and development: Putting the most human relationship in its place
Author(s) -
Bukowski William M.,
Sippola Lorrie K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.141
Subject(s) - friendship , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , child development , interpersonal relationship
Although research on friendship reveals the significance of friendship for children, questions about friendship and development remain unanswered. It is argued that the study of friendship would benefit from a return to basic questions about what friendship is, how it is measured, and how it varies across people and contexts.