FRIENDSHIP PATTERNS: A COMPARISON OF PROFESSIONAL MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS-SEX AND SAME-SEX FRIENDSHIPS.
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Title
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FRIENDSHIP PATTERNS: A COMPARISON OF PROFESSIONAL MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS-SEX AND SAME-SEX FRIENDSHIPS.
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Identifier
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AAI8629733
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identifier
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8629733
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Creator
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SAPADIN, LINDA.
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Contributor
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Florence L. Denmark
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Social
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Abstract
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This study investigated the same-sex and cross-sex friendships of 156 professional men and women. Data was gathered by means of a questionnaire distributed through businesses and professional organizations. Participants responded to open-ended questions and rating scales that asked them to evaluate their same-sex and cross-sex friendships.;Results indicated that the sexes are much closer in their idealism about friendships than they are in the experiences of their friendships. When defining friendship, both sexes viewed trust and sharing as the most important qualities.;In actuality, men and women experienced their friendships quite differently. Women were much more satisfied with their same-sex friendships than they were with their cross-sex friendships. Their same-sex friendships were more intimate, nurturing and enjoyable.;Men, on the other hand, experienced their same-sex friendships as less intimate, nurturing and enjoyable than their cross-sex friendships. Same-sex male friendships were also much more competitive than any other friendship type.;Advantages of friendships were also analyzed. Women's same-sex friendships were highest in personal enrichment, men's same-sex friendships were lowest and cross-sex friendships were rated in between by both sexes. Women did not obtain a career advantage from their cross-sex friendships, as was hypothesized. Both sexes obtained enriched knowledge of the other-sex from their cross-sex friendships.;These cross-sex friendships tended to be equal status relationships that were intrinsically satisfying and maintained for other than romantic or sexual reasons. They generally did not continue the traditional power disparity between the sexes.;In all interaction contexts measured, same-sex friendships interacted more frequently than cross-sex friendships.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
