Document Type
Honors Project
First Advisor
Dr. Randy Young
Degree Award Date
Spring 2002
Keywords
Comparison, Ideal Friendships, Actual Friendships, Children, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence
Disciplines
Child Psychology | Family, Life Course, and Society | Psychology | Social Psychology and Interaction | Sociology
Abstract
Examines best friend relationships of children in early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Utilizing a 2 (gender: male, female) x 3 (grade: 4th, 7th, 11th ) factorial design, 3 dependent variables are investigated. These dependent variables seek to measure the following: 1) children's behavioral and dispositional expectations for ideal best friends, 2) children's evaluations of behavioral and dispositional traits in actual best friend relationships, and 3) acceptability of disclosure in best friend relationships. Fulfillment in best friend relationships is also explored.
Recommended Citation
Ipock, Wendy R., "A Comparison of the Ideal and Actual Friendships of Children in Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence" (2002). Honors Projects. 398.
https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/honors_projects/398