Sex Differences in Intimate Friendships of Old Age.

Powers, Edward A.; Bultena, Gordon L.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Sex Differences in Intimate Friendships of Old Age

Powers, Edward A.; Bultena, Gordon L.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, 38, 4, 739-746, Nov 76

A statewide sample of 234 individuals, 70 years of age or older, was employed to assess the nature and prominence of intimate friendships in the social world of aged men and women. There was little sexual differentiation in the characteristics of intimate friendships in late life. (Author)

Descriptors: Gerontology, Interaction Process Analysis, Older Adults, Research Projects, Sex Differences, Social Life, Social Relations

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