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This paper explores the health benefits of different kinds of friendships in the lives of older women (aged 55 and older; median age, 67; range 55 to 85 years). We know a fair amount about the salutary effects of women’s friendships, but seldom are the kinds of friendships differentiated with regard to their health-giving aspects (e.g., acquaintance, casual friend, neighbor, co-worker, buddy, mate, partner, close friend, etc.). This paper addresses that gap by giving voice to older women’s understandings of the varied meanings of friendship and by comparing the salutary benefits of different types of relationships that are included under the rubric of “friend.” Twenty-six older women were intensively interviewed and their responses were analyzed using grounded theory methodology. A typology of friendship emerged that illustrates qualitatively different social-support and health-giving functions for different kinds of friends. |
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| Moremen, Robin. "What is a Friend? A Study of the Health Benefits of Different Kinds of Friendships for Older Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p19060_index.html> |
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| Moremen, R. D. , 2005-08-12 "What is a Friend? A Study of the Health Benefits of Different Kinds of Friendships for Older Women" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2008-10-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p19060_index.html |
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Abstract: This paper explores the health benefits of different kinds of friendships in the lives of older women (aged 55 and older; median age, 67; range 55 to 85 years). We know a fair amount about the salutary effects of women’s friendships, but seldom are the kinds of friendships differentiated with regard to their health-giving aspects (e.g., acquaintance, casual friend, neighbor, co-worker, buddy, mate, partner, close friend, etc.). This paper addresses that gap by giving voice to older women’s understandings of the varied meanings of friendship and by comparing the salutary benefits of different types of relationships that are included under the rubric of “friend.” Twenty-six older women were intensively interviewed and their responses were analyzed using grounded theory methodology. A typology of friendship emerged that illustrates qualitatively different social-support and health-giving functions for different kinds of friends. |
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| What is a Friend? A Study of the Health Benefits of Different Kinds of Friendships for Older Women Robin D. Moremen Ph.D. P.T. Associate Professor Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL 60115 815-753-6439 rmoremen@niu.edu Submitted for presentation at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association Philadelphia Pennsylvania August 13-16 5005 Funding for this project was received from the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (the American Sociological Association and the National Science Foundation). I am also grateful |
| Heterosexual Lesbian Bisexual Celibate *Sexual 23 (82%) 2 (7%) 2 (7%) 1 (4%) Orientation (N=28 identities some multiple) Baptist Catholic Jewish Atheist Christian None *Religion (N=27 5 (18%) 4 (15%) 4 (15%) 3 (11%) 3 (11%) 2 identities some (7%) multiple) Buddhist UCC Native Pagan Seeker *Religion (cont.) 2 (7%) 1 (4%) 1 (4%) 1 (4%) 1 (4%) *Where categories exceed N=26 this reflects the self-reporting of multiple identities by women in the sample 21 |
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