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Direct linkChu, Judy Y. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
Adolescent boys perceive their male peer group culture--and their socialization toward masculine norms emphasized within this culture--as negatively influencing their abilities to develop close male friendships. Boys who manage to develop close, male friendships, however, draw strength from these relationships to resist the social pressures of…
Descriptors: Males, Friendship, Peer Influence, Adolescents
