Intergenerational Friendship as a Conduit for Social Inclusion?: Insights from the "Book‐Ends"

Friendship is said to promote psychological and physical well‐being and increase social inclusion. Yet, intergenerational friendship has garnered little research attention due to the assumed dominance of age homophily in friendship. In this article we explore intergenerational friendship from the pe...

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Authors: Korkiamäki, Riikka (Author) ; O'Dare, Catherine Elliott (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2021
In: Social Inclusion
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 304-314
Further subjects:B Social Inclusion
B Friendship
B book‐end generations
B intergenerational friendship
B Older people
B Young People
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