PSYC 3510H Lecture 7: November 1st Friends and Peers
22 Dec 2018
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Friends as a source of emotional high and lows. Developmental changes in friendship and peer groups in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Family contexts in relation to friendship and peer groups. Peers: people who are about the same age. Friends: people with whom you develop a valued, mutual relationship. Time spent with family decreases 28 min per day. Time spent with friends increases 103 minutes per day with friends. More time spent with friends on weekends. Increase in mood from thursday at lunch time till. Late adolescents and emerging adults describe their closest relationship: friendly (focus on shared activities, intimate (focus on affection, emotional attachment, integrated (combines friendly and intimate, uninvolved (focus on neither shared activities nor intimacy) College students were more likely than high school students to be rated as having an intimate or integrated friendship relationship. Tend to have more intimate friendships than boys. More likely to place higher value on talking together as a friendship component.
