Author's Keywords: Friendship Quality, Social Support, Parent-Child Relationships, Peer Relationships, Social Psychology, Fairness, Romantic Partners, Life Transitions, Adolescence	Convention Submission, Review, and Scheduling! All Academic Convention can help with all of your abstract management needs and many more. Contact us today for a quote! Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
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Flynn, Heather. and Felmlee, Diane. "Social Factors that Influence Friendship Quality: Parents, Peers, Romantic Partners, and Life Transitions" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p182038_index.html>

Flynn, H. K. and Felmlee, D. H. , 2007-08-11 "Social Factors that Influence Friendship Quality: Parents, Peers, Romantic Partners, and Life Transitions" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p182038_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Although we know that a number of social factors influence friendship, social psychologists have yet to develop a model of friendship quality that includes individual, dyadic, social network, and sociological factors. The current study adds to research on friendship by including fairness and social support from peers, social support from family members and romantic partners, and life course transitions in a preliminary model of friendship quality. Structural equation modeling with data from two points in time offers evidence that adolescents and young adults are likely to be in more satisfying friendships if they: (1) are involved in equitable friendships, (2) are strongly embedded in their social network, and (3) receive social support from their peers, parents, and romantic partners. The transition to marriage has a detrimental effect on friendship quality. These findings suggest that studying a range of social factors across the life course will contribute to a fuller understanding of friendship quality.

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