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- Title
MALE FRIENDSHIPS: IMPLICATIONS FROM RESEARCH FOR FAMILY THERAPY.
- Authors
Grief, Geoffrey L.
- Abstract
Family therapists have rarely focused on men's friendships and how they affect family interactions. Having friends can lead to a longer and healthier life. Yet men are frequently described as having difficulty establishing friendships and also as not being fully committed to their families. Such friendships may pull men away from their families yet are a necessary part of their lives, just as families are. The purpose of this study was to learn how men viewed friendships with other men and to place those findings in the context of the family. Three hundred and eighty-six men were asked a series of questions to gain a baseline description of friendships, the value they placed on them, whether they had enough friends, and how they established and maintained friendships. Implications for family therapy are discussed.
- Subjects
MALE friendship; FRIENDSHIP; FAMILY psychotherapy; FAMILY therapists; FAMILY relations; INTERPERSONAL relations
- Publication
Family Therapy: The Journal of the California Graduate School of Family Psychology, 2006, Vol 33, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0091-6544
- Publication type
Article