Friends - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Social network types and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults.

7 Oct 2009 The study examined social network types in a sample of 1,005 older Chinese adults in Hong Kong and the networks' relations to subjective well-being. Given the nature of kinship in Chinese society, we broke down social support provision by closeness ... Read more...

Now you see it, now you don't: age differences in affective reactivity to social tensions.

30 Aug 2009 When faced with interpersonal conflict, older adults report using passive strategies more often than do young adults. They also report less affective reactivity in response to these tensions. We examined whether the use of passive strategies may ... Read more...

More information than you ever wanted: does Facebook bring out the green-eyed monster of jealousy?

30 Jul 2009 The social network site Facebook is a rapidly expanding phenomenon that is changing the nature of social relationships. Anecdotal evidence, including information described in the popular media, suggests that Facebook may be responsible for creating ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Friends - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Social network types and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults. 7 Oct 2009
• Now you see it, now you don't: age differences in affective reactivity to social tensions. 30 Aug 2009
• More information than you ever wanted: does Facebook bring out the green-eyed monster of jealousy? 30 Jul 2009
• Mental illness stigma and disclosure: consequences of coming out of the closet. 30 Jul 2009
• Friends' knowledge of youth internalizing and externalizing adjustment: accuracy, bias, and the influences of gender, grade, positive friendship quality, and self-disclosure. 30 Jul 2009
• The role of inflexible friendship beliefs, rumination, and low self-worth in early adolescents' friendship jealousy and adjustment. 30 Jul 2009
• Boundaries of self-positivity: the effect of comparison focus in self-friend comparisons. 30 Jul 2009
• Friend or foe: subjective expected relative similarity as a determinant of cooperation. 30 Jul 2009
• Balance across contexts: importance of balanced need satisfaction across various life domains. 30 Jul 2009
• Understanding older men and their male friendships: a comparison of african american and white men. 30 Jul 2009
• Predictors of normal and successful aging among urban-dwelling elderly Brazilians. 13 Jul 2009
• Terrorism-related perceived stress, adolescent depression, and social support from friends. 11 Jul 2009
• Playing favorites: the influence of leaders' inner circle on group processes and performance. 4 Jul 2009
• Attachment organization and patterns of conflict resolution in friendships predicting adolescents' depressive symptoms over time. 29 Jun 2009
• Watching and drinking: expectancies, prototypes, and friends' alcohol use mediate the effect of exposure to alcohol use in movies on adolescent drinking. 29 Jun 2009
• Psychological and social risk factors in adolescent smoking transitions: a population-based longitudinal study. 29 Jun 2009
• Compeer friends: a qualitative study of a volunteer friendship programme for people with serious mental illness. 29 Jun 2009
• Anxious solitude and peer exclusion predict social helplessness, upset affect, and vagal regulation in response to behavioral rejection by a friend. 29 Jun 2009
• Managing motherhood: strategies used by new mothers to maintain perceptions of wellness. 29 Jun 2009
• The role of empathic accuracy in adolescents' peer relations and adjustment. 2 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Friends'

Definition: Persons whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

Descriptor UI: D033062

Alternative terms: Friends; Friend; Companions; Companion; Friendship; Friendships; Acquaintances;

Related Mesh Headings: Interpersonal Relations;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.252;

History Note: 2003; use INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS 1980-2002

Technical Notes: for Society of Friends, or Quakers, use PROTESTANTISM