Setting the Research Agenda for Friendships in Later Life

Brown S. L. Lin I. F. (2012). The gray divorce revolution: Rising divorce among middle-aged and older adults, 1990–2010. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 67(6), 731–741. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbs089

Cherlin A. (2010). Demographic trends in the United States: A review of research in the 2000s. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72(3), 403–419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00710.x

Croghan C. F. Moone R. P. Olson A. M. (2014). Friends, family, and caregiving among midlife and older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. Journal of Homosexuality, 61(1), 79–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2013.835238

Fingerman K. L. Birditt K. Fiori K. L. Hall J. Huxhold O. Rauer A. Sandstrom G. Sprecher S. (2025). More than an acquaintance, less than a friend: Fringeships in everyday life. Review of General Psychology, 29(3), 356–372. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680251357549

Fiori K. L. Windsor T. D. Huxhold O. (2020). The increasing importance of friendship in late life: Understanding the role of sociohistorical context in social development. Gerontology, 66(3), 286–294. https://doi.org/10.1159/000505547

Luong G. Charles S. T. Fingerman K. L. (2011). Better with age: Social relationships across adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 28(1), 9–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407510391362

Merz E. M. Huxhold O. (2010). Wellbeing depends on social relationship characteristics: Comparing different types and providers of support to older adults. Ageing and Society, 30(5), 843–857. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X10000061

Ng Y. T. Huo M. Gleason M. E. Neff L. A. Charles S. T. Fingerman K. L. (2021). Friendships in old age: Daily encounters and emotional well-being. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(3), 551–562. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa007

Rauer A. Jager J. Vuolo M. (2024). Relationship and singlehood trajectories during the transition to older adulthood over the past 40 years. Research in Human Development, 21(1), 50–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2024.2330284

Sarkisian N. Gerstel N. (2016). Does singlehood isolate or integrate? Examining the link between marital status and ties to kin, friends, and neighbors. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 33(3), 361–384. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407515597564

Xu J. Q. Murphy S. L. Kochanek K. D. Bastian B. Arias E. (2018). Deaths: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports: From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, 67(5), 1–76.