Are There Gendered Pathways to Intimacy in Early Adolescents’ and Emerging Adults’ Friendships?

By Kimberley Radmacher, Margarita Azmitia. 2006

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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In General Health Professions

1. Eline Frison
2. Steven Eggermont

In Social Psychology

1. B. Bradford Brown
2. Guadalupe Espinoza
3. James D. Larson
4. Kaveri Subrahmanyam
5. Stephanie M. Reich
6. Jeremy P. Bakken

Citations in the corpus

• Peer relationships in adolescence. (2009, background): “The nature of gender differences has preoccupied some researchers, with the general expectation that female adolescents manifest higher quality, more intimate relationships than males (e.g., Radmacher & Azmitia, 2006 ).”
• Gender Differences in Domain-Specific Self-Esteem: A Meta-Analysis (2009, unknown): “In adolescence, females use more expressive pathways to increase intimacy with friends, whereas males use expressive and instrumental pathways equally (Radmacher & Azmitia, 2006).”
• Online and Offline Social Networks: Use of Social Networking Sites by Emerging Adults (2008, background): “Research suggests that self-disclosure is an important component of emerging adults' feelings of intimacy in friendships and intimate behaviors with friends include “emotional support, trust and loyalty, sharing activities, and offers of instrumental support” (Radmacher & Azmitia, 2006, p. 429).”