SIMILARITIES IN LEISURE INTERESTS - EFFECTS OF SELECTION AND SOCIALIZATION IN FRIENDSHIPS

Authors
FINK B WILD KP
Citation
B. Fink et Kp. Wild, SIMILARITIES IN LEISURE INTERESTS - EFFECTS OF SELECTION AND SOCIALIZATION IN FRIENDSHIPS, The Journal of social psychology, 135(4), 1995, pp. 471-482
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
The Journal of social psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224545
Volume
135
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
471 - 482
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4545(1995)135:4<471:SILI-E>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Two questions were investigated: (a) How strong are the effects of sim ilarities in interests on friendship choice, and (b) how does friendsh ip foster the development of commonly shared leisure interests? Change s in interest similarities for a group of 96 male friendship dyads liv ing on a German university campus were compared with interest changes in a control group over a period of 6 months. A strong effect of inter est similarities on the selection of friends was not supported. Only w eak socialization effects were found.