aim and background: achieve coherent identity is effective in many dimensions of life  and many factors are effective in it . for this ,  study  about  effective  factors at  identity status  in students is necessary and aim of this study  is prediction of identity statuses in high school female / male students which relate with other sex friend based in  their demographic and psychological cha...

This article addresses the knowledge gap surrounding human traffickers in Malaysia. Based on qualitative interviews with women identified as victims of trafficking, it explores women’s perception their and migration experience. The asserts that term ‘trafficker’ is complex misunderstood by scholars, states, state officials; trafficked persons may not necessarily detest or even regard them havin...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether pre-adolescents interacted more similarly and more positively in best friend pairs than those in acquaintance pairs and whether same-sex dyads interacted more similarly and more positively than opposite-sex dyads. Archival videotapes were coded for the face-to-face interaction behaviors of preadolescent best friend and acquaintance dyads and sa...

Emotional support from family and friends is associated with lower psychological distress. This study examined whether genetic and environmental influences explain associations among family support, friend support, and psychological distress. Data were drawn from the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study and included 947 pairs of MZ, same-sex DZ, and opposite-sex DZ twins. Resu...

Risk factors associated with the likelihood of being sexually victimized by a stranger or friend/acquaintance since being on the street was examined among 372 homeless and runaway youth. Young people were interviewed on the streets and in shelters by outreach workers using a systematic sampling strategy. Youth who engaged in more high-risk behaviors were expected to be at greater risk for sexua...

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of relational maintenance behaviors in friend with benefits relationship and investigate these relationships in terms of relational characteristics. Participants were 343 (study 1) and 416 (study 2) individuals who reported on their relationship with either a friend with benefits or opposite sex friend. Results indicated that (a) friends with ben...

We study social interactions in the initiation of sex and other risky behaviors by best friend pairs in the Add Health panel. Focusing on friends with minimal experience at the baseline interview, we estimate bivariate ordered-choice models that include both peer effects and unobserved heterogeneity. We find significant peer effects in sexual initiation: the likelihood of initiating intercourse...