Open AccessFriendship in Adolescents and Young Adults With Experience of Cancer
Author(s) -
Jane Evered
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1538-9804
pISSN - 0162-220X
DOI - 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000686
Subject(s) - friendship , context (archaeology) , phenomenon , socialization , developmental psychology , narrative , population , social psychology , perspective (graphical) , meaning (existential) , psychology , medicine , epistemology , psychotherapist , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Friendship is a complex social phenomenon important to human development, emotional health, and socialization. While making and maintaining peer friends are an emphasized task of adolescent and young adult development, the multidimensional experience of friendship is incompletely defined, particularly in the context of adolescents and young adults with cancer.