Abstract:

The aim of this study was to identify the friendship characteristics of third graders at secondary schools This study was carried out with 532 students attended high schools at central district Adana province Data were collected by “Friendship Relation Questionnaire” Chi square test was used to analyse data The findings of the study indicated that most of the students have more than 10 and between two and four close friends So the number of close friends was smaller than the number of friends Boys had more close friends than girls Most of the students also had boy friend girl friend Students usually met their friends at school and private courses Also some of the students had romantic relationships Students reported that their conflicts with their friends were mostly caused by having different opinion Most of students were happy with relationships with their close friends Over the half of students stated that their parents intervened relationship with their friends Girls mentioned more parents intervention than boys did Mothers were mostly responsible for this intervention Keywords: Friend Friendship of Adolescents

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