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Links between family relationships and best friendships in the United States and Japan.

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Lansford, JE
Published in: International journal of aging & human development
January 2004

This study was designed to examine associations between family relationship quality and friendship quality in the United States and Japan using surveys of representative samples of individuals ranging in age from 13 to 93 in the United States (n = 1498) and Japan (n = 1641). Associations between family relationships and friendships were stronger and more pervasive in Japan than in the United States. In the United States, there was some evidence that having higher quality family relationships was associated with having higher quality friendships; in Japan, there was similar evidence for consistency in quality across relationships, as well as evidence that qualities lacking in one relationship were sometimes present in another. Gender and age did not moderate the associations between family relationship and friendship quality in either country. These findings extend into adulthood work that has previously focused on family relationships and friendships of children and suggest cultural differences in patterns of association between family relationships and friendships.

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International journal of aging & human development

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EISSN

1541-3535

ISSN

0091-4150

Publication Date

January 2004

Volume

59

Issue

4

Start / End Page

287 / 304

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Regression Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Japan
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Friends
  • Female
 

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Lansford, J. E. (2004). Links between family relationships and best friendships in the United States and Japan. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 59(4), 287–304. https://doi.org/10.2190/xav1-p8cn-lnl4-lyre
Lansford, Jennifer E. “Links between family relationships and best friendships in the United States and Japan.International Journal of Aging & Human Development 59, no. 4 (January 2004): 287–304. https://doi.org/10.2190/xav1-p8cn-lnl4-lyre.
Lansford JE. Links between family relationships and best friendships in the United States and Japan. International journal of aging & human development. 2004 Jan;59(4):287–304.
Lansford, Jennifer E. “Links between family relationships and best friendships in the United States and Japan.International Journal of Aging & Human Development, vol. 59, no. 4, Jan. 2004, pp. 287–304. Epmc, doi:10.2190/xav1-p8cn-lnl4-lyre.
Lansford JE. Links between family relationships and best friendships in the United States and Japan. International journal of aging & human development. 2004 Jan;59(4):287–304.
Journal cover image

Published In

International journal of aging & human development

DOI

EISSN

1541-3535

ISSN

0091-4150

Publication Date

January 2004

Volume

59

Issue

4

Start / End Page

287 / 304

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Regression Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Japan
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
  • Gerontology
  • Friends
  • Female