Adolescent boys' friendships and peer group culture
Adolescent boys perceive their male peer group culture—and their socialization toward masculine norms emphasized within this culture—as negatively influencing their abilities to develop close male friendships. Boys who manage to develop close, male friendships, however, draw strength from these rela...
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Published in | New directions for child and adolescent development Vol. 2005; no. 107; pp. 7 - 22 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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San Francisco
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
2005
John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Adolescent boys perceive their male peer group culture—and their socialization toward masculine norms emphasized within this culture—as negatively influencing their abilities to develop close male friendships. Boys who manage to develop close,
male friendships, however, draw strength from these relationships to resist the social pressures of their peer group. |
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Bibliography: | istex:17B901596774D230F70B4698E3068235E893FE14 ArticleID:CD118 ark:/67375/WNG-1XFLGR47-N ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1520-3247 1534-8687 |
DOI: | 10.1002/cd.118 |