Adult Social Network

Adult Social Network
Whom do adults interact with and how socially active are they? For most adults, a marriage partner becomes central part of the social landscape, and interactions with one’s children soon become important as well. Adults also maintain close relationships with their parents and other relatives. Moreover, most adults enjoy many nonfamily ties. They have close friends, associate closely with colleagues and coworkers, and often become members of “peer groups” devoted to such activities as poker, softball, car pooling, or child abuse.

Do the social networks of younger and older adults differ? Young adults are busily forming romantic relationships and friendships with both men and women, typically choosing to associate with people who similar the in important ways, just as children and adolescents do. Young singles seem to have more ties to friends and fewer to family than older and married adults do. Young adults derive great pleasure from their social ties, but they are also more likely than older adults to express concern about their relationships or to wish they had more of them.
Adult Social Network