---
_id: '32520'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "In order to investigate the significance of\r\nadults’ relationship to their
    parents, this relationship is\r\ncompared to relationships with siblings, friends,
    partners,\r\nand children. German adults (N = 902) between the ages\r\nof 20 and
    86 completed the Network of Relationships\r\nInventory (Furman and Buhrmester
    1992). Participants felt\r\nmost supported by their partners, followed by their
    children, mothers, friends, fathers, and siblings. Conflicts were\r\nmore frequently
    found within the family (especially with\r\nthe partner, followed by children,
    mothers, fathers, and\r\nsiblings) than with friends. Except for partner relationships,\r\nboth
    conflict and support decreased with age. Concerning\r\nrelative power within their
    relationships, partners, mothers,\r\nand siblings are seen as equals, friends
    and especially\r\nfathers are perceived as more powerful, and children as\r\nless,
    yet increasingly powerful. Regarding all relationship\r\ntypes and relationship
    qualities, the differences between\r\nwomen and men were small."
author:
- first_name: Heike M.
  full_name: Buhl, Heike M.
  id: '27152'
  last_name: Buhl
citation:
  ama: 'Buhl HM. My Mother: My Best Friend? Adults’ Relationships with Significant
    Others Across the Lifespan. <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>. 2009;16(4):239-249.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2">10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2</a>'
  apa: 'Buhl, H. M. (2009). My Mother: My Best Friend? Adults’ Relationships with
    Significant Others Across the Lifespan. <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>, <i>16</i>(4),
    239–249. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Buhl_2009, title={My Mother: My Best Friend? Adults’ Relationships
    with Significant Others Across the Lifespan}, volume={16}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2">10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2</a>},
    number={4}, journal={Journal of Adult Development}, publisher={Springer Science
    and Business Media LLC}, author={Buhl, Heike M.}, year={2009}, pages={239–249}
    }'
  chicago: 'Buhl, Heike M. “My Mother: My Best Friend? Adults’ Relationships with
    Significant Others Across the Lifespan.” <i>Journal of Adult Development</i> 16,
    no. 4 (2009): 239–49. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2</a>.'
  ieee: 'H. M. Buhl, “My Mother: My Best Friend? Adults’ Relationships with Significant
    Others Across the Lifespan,” <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>, vol. 16, no.
    4, pp. 239–249, 2009, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2">10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2</a>.'
  mla: 'Buhl, Heike M. “My Mother: My Best Friend? Adults’ Relationships with Significant
    Others Across the Lifespan.” <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>, vol. 16, no.
    4, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009, pp. 239–49, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2">10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2</a>.'
  short: H.M. Buhl, Journal of Adult Development 16 (2009) 239–249.
date_created: 2022-08-02T23:59:24Z
date_updated: 2022-08-29T04:46:47Z
department:
- _id: '427'
doi: 10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        16'
issue: '4'
keyword:
- Family
- Friends
- "\x01 Support"
- "\x01 Conflict"
- "\x01 Power"
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10804-009-9070-2.pdf
oa: '1'
page: 239-249
publication: Journal of Adult Development
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1068-0667
  - 1573-3440
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
status: public
title: 'My Mother: My Best Friend? Adults’ Relationships with Significant Others Across
  the Lifespan'
type: journal_article
user_id: '42165'
volume: 16
year: '2009'
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