Gender Differences in Perceived Intimacy with Different Members of Adolescents' Social Networks.

Blyth, Dale A.; Foster-Clark, Frederick S.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Gender Differences in Perceived Intimacy with Different Members of Adolescents' Social Networks.

Blyth, Dale A.; Foster-Clark, Frederick S.

Sex Roles, v17 n11-12 p689-718 Dec 1987

Using a new social pressures model to examine data on the social networks of over 2,000 seventh- through tenth-grade White suburban adolescents, demonstrates that, although gender differences in the perceived intimacy were widespread, they were neither present in all types of relationships nor did they always go in the same direction. (Author/BJV)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Extended Family, Family Influence, Family Relationship, Peer Influence, Peer Relationship, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Significant Others, Social Cognition, Social Control, Social Integration, Social Networks, Suburban Youth, Whites

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Language: English

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