Contents

Preface

Chapter 1

Literature Review of Theoretical Assumptions Regarding Friendship and Previous Research Findings

Features of Friendships

Gender Differences in Friendships

Peculiarities of Greek Friendships from Antiquity to Nowadays

Attributes of University Students’ Friendships

Friendships and Social Network Analysis: Why and How They Relate to Social Justice and Social Problems?

Social Networks Analysis of Friendships

Chapter 2

Hypotheses

Chapter 3

Method

Procedure

Sample

Instrument

Data Analysis

Social Network Analysis

Data Mining for Studying Friendship Relationships

Chapter 4

Results

Network Patterns of Greek Students’ Friendships

Attributes of the Social Network of Greek Students’ Friendships

Data Mining of Greek Students’ Friendships

Chapter 5

Discussion

Chapter 6

Conclusion

Chapter 7

Summary

References

Appendix: Name Generator and Name Interpreter for Studying the Friendship Networks

Index

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