Adult friendship

the long version

"Do you have a best friend? If so, you probably share the same race and social status. Why is this so? Does social structure determine your choice of friends? Or do other factors cause us to choose our friends? Co-authors Blieszner and Adams explore these issues and offer a theoretical framework incorporating both sociological and psychological perspectives on friendship. Then they use this model to synthesize the research theoretically, identify gaps in the literature, scrutinize the methods used, and produce a map for future research. Adult Friendship also covers historical conceptions of friendship, the internal structure of friendship, and the phases of friendship. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.