STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate cultural identity as a risk factor for mental health problems among adolescents. DESIGN A cross sectional school based population survey. Mental health problems were measured using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. Pupils were classified into one of four cultural identity types on the basis of friendship and clothing choices. SETTING East London. ...

This study examined whether individuals with different personality types (i.e., overcontrollers, undercontrollers, resilients) had different friendship quality development throughout adolescence. It also investigated whether personality types were indirectly related to romantic relationship quality in young adulthood, via friendship quality development in adolescence. The study employed six wav...

Abstract The aim of this paper is to shed light on the complex relations between friendship and blame. In first part, I show that be friends have certain evaluative, emotional behavioral dispositions toward each other, distinguish two kinds norms friendship, namely friendship-based obligations friendship-constituting rules. Friendship-based tag actions as obligatory, permissible or wrong, where...

We investigate the maximum number of elements in an optimal t-friendship decomposition of graphs of order n. Asymptotic results will be obtained for all fixed t ≥ 4 and for t = 2, 3 exact results will be derived.

Although many individuals report being friends with their ex-romantic partners (Wilmot, Carbaugh, & Baxter, 1985), the literature regarding post-romantic friendships is very limited. We investigated whether satisfaction in the dissolved romantic relationship could predict post-romantic friendships and friendship maintenance. We found that the more satisfied individuals were during the dissolved...

An experiment was conducted with upper level undergraduate business students to investigate the mechanism by which recruiters use friendship with the job applicant in initial résumé screening. Using actual résumés, this study showed that the recruiters’ friendship with the job applicants interacted with applicants’ qualifications in influencing recruiters’ screening decisions such that friendsh...

Two studies established the psychometric properties of two friendship questionnaires; one taps respondents' feelings for a friend and satisfaction with the friendship, the other, respondents' assessments of the degree to which a friend fulfills six friendship functions (stimulating companionship, help, intimacy, reliable alliance, self-validation, and emotional security). Factor analysis confir...

Online Social Networks (OSN) during last years acquired a huge and increasing popularity as one of the most important emerging Web phenomena, deeply modifying the behavior of users and contributing to build a solid substrate of connections and relationships among people using the Web. In this preliminary work paper, our purpose is to analyze Facebook, considering a significant sample of data re...

Convergent evidence from many species reveals the evolutionary origins of human friendship. In horses, elephants, hyenas, dolphins, monkeys, and chimpanzees, some individuals form friendships that last for years. Bonds occur among females, among males, or between males and females. Genetic relatedness affects friendships. In species where males disperse, friendships are more likely among female...