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Griffin, Em – 1983
To compare differences between types of friendships on an assortment of communication and situational variables, a study was conducted that involved pairs of four types of intimate friends: male-male, female-female, male-female with romantic interest, and male-female without romantic interest. Subjects, 61 pairs of college students, completed…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication Research, Females
Kernodle, R. Wayne; Kernodle, Ruth L. – 1979
The social network of elderly blacks was compared with whites in a sample of 241 ambulatory persons interviewed in congregate settings in a planning district of a border Southern state. Questions were asked about monthly patterns of social interaction, such as visiting and phone contacts with children, other kin, neighbors, friends, involvement in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Friendship
Download full textFerraro, Kenneth F.; Barresi, Charles M. – 1980
Information concerning social relations after widowhood has frequently been analyzed without explicit knowledge of such conditions before widowhood. Longitudinal data from a national survey of low-income aged (N=4494) was analyzed to assess the social impact of widowhood on older persons. Widows interviewed in 1973 and again in 1974 were…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Relationship, Friendship, Individual Characteristics
