title: Attachment and close relationships across the life span.
abstract: The Convoy Model of Social Relations is identified as a unifying conceptual framework within which to consider attachment and other close social relationships across the life span. Convoy data are provided for people aged 8 to 93 in both the United States and Japan. Data from community based representative samples in the Detroit (N = 1703) and Yokohama (N = 1842) metropolitan areas indicate age differences in all close relationships but gender differences only in very close relationships in the two countries. There was only one Age x Gender x Country interaction for number of people in close relations. Examination of role relationships suggest age differences overall but considerable similarities in the two countries.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Toni C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Antonucci
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States