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Friendship Processes
- Beverley Fehr - University of Winnipeg, Canada
Volume:
12
June 2012 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This broad-ranging volume examines how friends give meaning to our lives. Each phase of the friendship process is illustrated with empirical research. The result is a conceptual framework that illuminates the fascinating components involved in making friends, becoming close and keeping friends, and in friendships deteriorating and dissolving.
The Meaning of Friendship
Theories of Friendship
Friendship Formation
Achieving Closeness
Gender Issues in Friendship
Friendship Maintenance
Deterioration and Dissolution
