Relations of gender, gender-related personality characteristics, and dating status to adolescents' cross-sex friendship quality

Relations of gender, gender-related personality characteristics, and dating status to adolescents' cross-sex friendship quality

• Cheung, Sum Kwing Dept of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• McBride-Chang, Catherine Dept of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Sex Roles, 64(1), 59-69, 2011

Springer New York LLC

2011

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AJ Sexual Difference, Bisexual Educational Difference, Sexism in Education
• N Students & Student Services
  • NM Student Life & Leisure Activities, Summer Activities; Peer Groups

Friendship Interpersonal Relationship Sex Differences Adolescents Dating (Social) Gender Differences Sexuality

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This study examined how gender, instrumentality, expressivity and dating status were associated with adolescents' perceived cross-sex friendship quality. Two hundred sixty-two Hong Kong Chinese heterosexual teenagers (117 males, 145 females) aged 14 to 18 rated the levels of companionship, closeness, help, security and conflict in their best cross-sex friendships. Results showed that girls perceived more help but also more conflicts. Instrumentality and expressivity were consistent correlates of closeness and security, but they predicted other features differently in the two genders. Daters reported higher levels of companionship, closeness and help. Dating girls, in particular, perceived these friendships as involving the highest levels of security. These results provide some support for social role theory and interdependency across adolescents' social relationships.
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• English

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• 15732762

• 10.1007/s11199-010-9880-5

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2011-03-24