Gender and friendship: Why are men's best same‐sex friendships less intimate and supportive?

By B. Bank, Suzanne L. Hansford. 2000

142 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Gender Studies, Social Psychology

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How researchers see this paper

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In Applied Psychology

1. Kimberly E. O'Brien
2. Tammy D. Allen

In Gender Studies

1. Kimberly E. O'Brien
2. H. Colleen Sinclair
3. Tammy D. Allen
4. Diane H Felmlee
5. Stacey R. Kessler
6. E. Sweet
7. Kristen M Shockley
8. B. Bhumika

In Social Psychology

1. Kimberly E. O'Brien
2. Stacey R. Kessler
3. A. Biga
4. H. Colleen Sinclair
5. Tammy D. Allen
6. R. Young
7. Diane H Felmlee
8. H. Sweeting

Citations in the corpus

• Adolescent Bullying, Relationships, Psychological Well-Being, and Gender-Atypical Behavior: A Gender Diagnosticity Approach (2004, background): “The consensus from most studies is that there are gender differences in relationships; the same-sex friendships of men are less intimate and supportive than those of women ( Bank & Hansford, 2000; Jones & Costin, 1995).”
• Gender Rules: Same- and Cross-Gender Friendships Norms (2012, background): “Yet, due to homophobia, demonstrations of physical affection between men are particularly taboo (Bank and Hansford 2000; Lewis 1978).”
• A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Gender Differences in Mentoring (2010, result): “The results regarding gender and psychosocial support are consistent with research in other areas of organizational behavior, which has found that compared to males, females experience greater intimacy in their friendships (e.g., Bank & Hansford, 2000; Fehr, 1996; Reis, Senchak, & Solomon, 1985).”