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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-101).

Thesis (Ph. D. in Psychology)--Vanderbilt University, May 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1985. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 59-62). Also available in print.

Previous studies of desired friendship have assessed desired friends with unilateral nominations (when one child chooses another child as a friend, but that friend nomination is not reciprocated). This calls into question the validity of findings suggesting that children want to be friends with others who differ from themselves, but befriend similar others by default (Sijtsema, Lindenberg, & Veenstra, 2010). The current study concerns desired friendships among 195 girls and 147 boys in Grades 4 through 6. Two hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis was that children will not choose the same unilateral and desired friends. The second hypothesis was that children will be more similar to their reciprocal friends than to their unilateral and desired friends. Questionnaires measured desired friendship, friendship, and child characteristics. Both hypotheses were supported. However, there were group-level differences. The importance of using desired friend nominations to measure desired friends is discussed. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-163). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

There is no abstract available for this dissertation. / Department of Educational Psychology

The present study was designed to investigate gender differences in the fragility of children's close, same-sex friendships. Based on past research, it was hypothesized that the close friendships of girls are more fragile than those of boys. A secondary goal of the study was to explore possible reasons for the sex difference in friendship instability. Students from 17 classes of grades one through six of an elementary school were interviewed about past friendships, and conflict resolution among current friends, within their class. The hypothesis that girls' friendships are more fragile was supported: The number of past friendship reported for girls was higher than that reported for boys across all grade levels. No explanations were found for the sex difference in fragility of friendships. Results are discussed in terms of the lack of explanations for gender differences in friendship fragility, as well as the implications of lower friendship stability on the psychosocial well being of girls.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Leslie Atkinson.