This research aimed to find differences occurring as individual aged across the lifespan. We found that across the life-span there is a change in quality and quantity of friendships. Older adults’ relationships were more about quality and younger adults’ relationships were more about quantity.
Table 2
Crosstab
DIfference between friends and acquaintances is more about bond Total yes no
Age group 18-25 Count 12 27 39 Expected Count 14.3 24.7 39.0 % within Age group 30.8% 69.2% 100.0% % within DIfference between friends and acquaintances is more about bond 40.0% 51.9% 47.6% 26-39 Count 2 12 14 Expected Count 5.1 8.9 14.0 % within Age group 14.3% 85.7% 100.0% % within DIfference between friends and acquaintances is more …show more content…
Also, we found that relationship for older adults were more about bond. This statistics agreed with the results of table 1 above. Bond was found to be meaningful for older adults because this is the stage where health issues, death of friends occurred, which makes older adults more conscious about having someone to lean on and not take friends for granted (Field, 1999).
Table 3
Age group * is your group deep or superficial? Crosstabulation is your group deep or superficial? Total deep superficial
Age group 18-25 Count 10 29 39 Expected Count 13.3 25.7 39.0 % within Age group 25.6% 74.4% 100.0% % within is your group deep or superficial? 38.5% 58.0% …show more content…
50.0% 22.0% 31.6%
Total Count 26 50 76 Expected Count 26.0 50.0 76.0 % within Age group 34.2% 65.8% 100.0% % within is your group deep or superficial? 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
We also found that age of participants had an impact on their relationships. The statistics demonstrated that younger adult is prone to make a great quantity of friends because they are in a stage where diversified friendships are how they acquired knowledge of themselves and their environment (Arnett, 2000). The theoretical implication is that young adults perceive having a great amount of friends as an exchange of knowledge. We could also imply that this is an important process in the maturation of young adults. This implication also gives an idea of why for older adults friendship is more about quality than quantity. Since older adults are finished maturing, there is no need to go after a great number of friends. After all, at this stage of their lives, the ability for older adults to make new friends
Table 2
Crosstab
DIfference between friends and acquaintances is more about bond Total yes no
Age group 18-25 Count 12 27 39 Expected Count 14.3 24.7 39.0 % within Age group 30.8% 69.2% 100.0% % within DIfference between friends and acquaintances is more about bond 40.0% 51.9% 47.6% 26-39 Count 2 12 14 Expected Count 5.1 8.9 14.0 % within Age group 14.3% 85.7% 100.0% % within DIfference between friends and acquaintances is more …show more content…
Also, we found that relationship for older adults were more about bond. This statistics agreed with the results of table 1 above. Bond was found to be meaningful for older adults because this is the stage where health issues, death of friends occurred, which makes older adults more conscious about having someone to lean on and not take friends for granted (Field, 1999).
Table 3
Age group * is your group deep or superficial? Crosstabulation is your group deep or superficial? Total deep superficial
Age group 18-25 Count 10 29 39 Expected Count 13.3 25.7 39.0 % within Age group 25.6% 74.4% 100.0% % within is your group deep or superficial? 38.5% 58.0% …show more content…
50.0% 22.0% 31.6%
Total Count 26 50 76 Expected Count 26.0 50.0 76.0 % within Age group 34.2% 65.8% 100.0% % within is your group deep or superficial? 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
We also found that age of participants had an impact on their relationships. The statistics demonstrated that younger adult is prone to make a great quantity of friends because they are in a stage where diversified friendships are how they acquired knowledge of themselves and their environment (Arnett, 2000). The theoretical implication is that young adults perceive having a great amount of friends as an exchange of knowledge. We could also imply that this is an important process in the maturation of young adults. This implication also gives an idea of why for older adults friendship is more about quality than quantity. Since older adults are finished maturing, there is no need to go after a great number of friends. After all, at this stage of their lives, the ability for older adults to make new friends