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1、SexRoles,Vol.8,No.7,1982SexDifferencesinSame-SexFriendshipIMaytaA.CaldweWandLetitiaAnnePeplauUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesTwostudiesexaminedsexdifferencesinthesame-sexfriendshipsofcollegemenandwomen.Inaquestionnairestudy,self-reportswereobtainedofnumbe
2、roffriendsandfrequencyofinteraction,typicalandpreferredkindsofinteractionswithfriends,andemotionalintimacy.Arole-playstudyprovidedmoredirectinformationaboutconversationsbetweenfriends.Menandwomendidnotdifferinquantitativeaspectsoffriendshipsuchasnumberoffr
3、iendsoramountoftimespentwithfriends,norinthevalueplacedonintimatefriendships.However,clearsexdifferenceswerefoundinbothstudiesinthenatureofinteractionswithfriends.Womenshowedemphasisonemotionalsharingandtalking;menemphasizedactivitiesanddoingthingstogether
4、.Resultsarediscussedintermsoflife-cycleconstraintsonfriendship,andthepossibilityofsexdifferencesinstandardsforassessingintimacyinfriendshipisconsidered."Friendshipmustbetakenasseriouslyassex,aggression,andmarriage,"arguesRobertBrain(1976,p.264).Formanypeop
5、le,friendshipisamajorsourceofassistance,comfort,emotionalsharing,andjustplainfun.Friendshipallowspeopletobethemselves,lessconstrainedbyroleexpectationsandobligationsthanintheirrelationswithfamilyandco-workers(Suttles,1970).AsahomemakertoldMyronBrenton(1974
6、)"IlovemyhusbandandIadoremychildren,butit'swhenIsitdownforlunch..,withagoodfriendthatIfeelmostrelaxed"(p.50).Despiteitsim-portance,psychologistshavebeenslowtoinvestigatefriendship.1TheauthorsexpresstheirappreciationtoJacquelineGoodchildsandMarianneSenkofor
7、assistanceindesigningandconductingtherole-playstudy,andtoJosephPleckforhishelp-fulcommentsonanearlierversionofthisarticle.2CorrespondenceshouldbesenttoMaytaA.Caldwell,DepartmentofPsychology,Univer-sityofCalifornia,405HilgardAvenue,LosAngeles,California9002
8、4.7210360-0025/82/0700-0721503.00/0©1982PlenumPublishingCorporation722CaldwellandPeplauOneareaofconsiderablecontroversyconcernspossibledifferencesinthesame-sexfriendshipsofwomenandmen.Stereotypesaboutsame-sex
