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Close friendships in early and middle adolescence: Typology and friendship reasoning
Author(s) -
Shulman Shmuel
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.23219936006
Subject(s) - friendship , closeness , typology , psychology , developmental psychology , negotiation , social psychology , sociometry , adolescent development , interpersonal relationship , sociology , mathematical analysis , social science , mathematics , anthropology
Based on family systems theory, a typology of close friendships in adolescence is presented. Close friends' ability to negotiate closeness and separateness is different in early and middle adolescence. These differences are also reflected in partners' levels of friendship reasoning.