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Direct linkHartup, Willard W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Close relationships among children and adolescents are ordinarily considered to encompass friendliness and fun. Recent studies, however, reveal that many friendships have dark sides consisting of competitiveness, hostility, and conflict. Relationships based on aversion and antipathy may turn out to have major developmental implications, but more…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Friendship
