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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 1983 Jun;54(3):549–556. doi: 10.2307/1130041

TABLE 2.

Age Differences in Friendship Expectations.

Age Group
Task Young Old
Open-ended interview
    Common activity   3.09   3.44
    Affection   1.41a   1.81a
    Support   1.38a   2.40a
    Propinquity   1.00     .50
    Physical characteristics   1.84***     .63***
    Miscellaneous   1.75   1.38
Story recognition
    Common activity   9.81 10.56
    Affection   7.72**   9.94**
    Support   7.97*** 10.25***
    Propinquity   6.37   7.38
    Physical characteristics   4.13***     .97***
    Miscellaneous   2.19*     .47*
Forced-choice ratings
    Common activity 10.59*   9.06*
    Affection 10.63*** 13.84***
    Support 11.00*** 13.78***
    Propinquity   7.96   7.16
    Physical characteristics   5.09***   1.16***
a

Significant age × sex interaction.

*

p < .10.

**

p < .05.

***

p < .0001.