Friendships of Women and of Men
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 5 (3) , 402-417
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1981.tb00582.x
Abstract
This study examines the responses of four groups of persons as to their feelings about friendship and aloneness. The four groups are defined on the basis of gender and their Conventionality vs. Nonconventionality of values and attitudes toward life. It was found that the friendships of women are more personal and emotionally based than those of men. It is suggested that Nonconventional women and men may have more in common than do Conventional and Nonconventional women or men.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cross-Sex FriendshipJournal of Marriage and Family, 1974
- Sex and Social ParticipationAmerican Sociological Review, 1972