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Adolescents and their friends
Author(s) -
Hartup Willard W.
Publication year - 1993
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.23219936003
Subject(s) - friendship , extant taxon , psychology , context (archaeology) , developmental psychology , affect (linguistics) , adolescent development , social psychology , peer relations , peer group , communication , geography , archaeology , evolutionary biology , biology
Friendships represent an important context for adolescent social development. A review of the extant literature reveals that friendships of adolescents differ in several respects from those of younger children. During adolescence, three dimensions of friendship affect the course of individual development: having friends, who one's friends are, and the quality of the friendship. Still, much remains to be learned about the nature and functions of friendship during the second decade of life, and a progressive research agenda is proposed to address this lacuna.