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| The Nature of Friendship | |
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| What Is Friendship? | |
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| Definitions of Friendship | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives on Friendship | |
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| Friendships Compared to Other Peer Relations | |
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| Framework for the Book | |
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| Studying Friendship | |
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| Assessing the Presence of Friendship | |
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| Questions in Assessing the Presence of Friendship | |
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| Assessing Friendship Quality | |
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| Questions in Assessing Friendship Quality | |
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| Assessing the Characteristics of Friends | |
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| Assessing Child Characteristics and the Context of Friendship | |
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| Assessing Interactions with Friends | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Normative Experience of Friendship | |
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| The Developmental Significance of Friendship in Childhood | |
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| Friendship as a Normative Experience in Childhood | |
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| Social Development | |
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| Emotional Development | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Psychosocial Adjustment | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Developmental Significance of Friendship in Adolescence | |
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| Friendship as a Normative Experience in Adolescence | |
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| Three Important Tasks of Adolescence | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Individual Differences in the Experience of Friendship | |
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| The Individuals within a Friendship | |
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| Attachment and Friendship | |
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| The Dark Side of Friendships | |
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| Friendship and Peer Victimization | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Friendship Quality | |
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| Why Is Friendship Quality Important? | |
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| What Determines the Quality of a Friendship? | |
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| What Are the Correlates of Friendship Quality? | |
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| How Does Friendship Quality Affect Developmental Outcomes? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Implications and Looking Forward | |
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| Friendship and Culture | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives on Culture and Friendship | |
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| Social Networks and the Role of Friends | |
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| Friendship Features and Quality | |
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| Similarity between Friends | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Friendship Intervention | |
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| Peer Relations Interventions as Models for Friendship Interventions | |
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| Guiding Principles for Friendship Intervention | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Significance of Friendship | |
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| Conceptual Framework | |
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| Future Research Directions | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |