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As Ellen Bercheid points out in her foreword to this volume, relationship science is a complex and ever expanding field. Much credit goes to editors Clyde Hendrick and Susan S. Hendrick for their scholarly dedication to the advancement of this multidisciplinary arena. This sourcebook demonstrates, yet again, their expertise and leadership as they succeed in combining many great contributions to the field by some of the most respected specialists around. Read this book for a panoramic view of close relationship research with highlights from current literature, original research, practical applications, and projections for future research.
The Life Cycle of Friendship
The Life Cycle of Friendship
The life cycle of friendship
Contents
- Friendship Formation 71
- Environmental Factors 71
- Individual Factors 72
- Situational Factors 72
- Dyadic Factors 72
- Achieving Closeness 74
- Self-Disclosure 74
- Similarity 74
- Interaction Differences 75
- Fun and Relaxation 75
- Maintaining Friendships 75
- Implicit Maintenance Strategies 75
- Explicit Maintenance Strategies 76
- Deterioration and Dissolution 78
- Conflict and Anger in Friendships 78
- Dissolution of Friendships 79
- Restoring Friendships 81
- Conclusions and Applications 82
Friendships weave in and out of people's lives. Although their significance often is overlooked, friendships are an important source of meaning, happiness, enjoyment, and love. This chapter charts the life cycle of friendships, including their formation, closeness, preservation, and maintenance. Friendship deterioration, dissolution, and restoration are also discussed. The focus is on adult friendships, predominantly same-sex friendships. Gender differences are noted in cases where women's and men's friendship experiences diverge. Finally, many ...
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SC difficulties predict peer victimisation and negative friendship quality.
•Victimisation does not mediate the link between SC difficulties and social anxiety.
•Friendship quality does not interact with SC difficulties to predict social anxiety.
•Research exploring etiological pathways to social anxiety in childhood is needed.
Abstract
Social and communication [SC] difficulties predict increased social anxiety [SA] symptoms in childhood. Peer victimisation and friendship quality are commonly associated with both SC difficulties and SA. Based on this, we tested for a cascade effect of early SC difficulties, peer victimisation and friendship quality on SA in late childhood, using a population-based sample of 8028 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children [ALSPAC] cohort. Parent-reported data were collected on SC difficulties at age 7 and SA at age 7, 10 and 13. Child-reported data on peer victimisation and friendship quality were collected at age 8. Our results revealed that SC difficulties predict increased negative friendship qualities and peer victimisation. Relational victimisation predicted increased SA symptoms at 13 years old. Neither overt nor relational victimisation mediated the developmental relationship between SC difficulties and SA. Furthermore, friendship quality did not moderate the developmental relationship between SC difficulties and SA. In addition, no sex differences were observed. The evidence demonstrates that peer victimisation and friendship quality do not explain why some children with SC difficulties go on to develop SA. Future research clarifying the complex etiological pathways contributing towards the development of SA in childhood and adolescence is warranted.
Keywords
Social and communication difficulties
Social anxiety
Longitudinal
ALSPAC
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