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affiliate noun arm, assistant, associate, auxiliary, branch, branch organization, chapter, colleague, division, offshoot, subdivision, subsidiary, wing affiliate verb ally, associate, attach, belong to, bring into close connection, bring into close relation, cement a union, confederate, connect, consociate, embrace, federate, form a connection, join, join forces, join tooether, make common cause, pertain to, relate to, unite See also: accept, adopt, ascribe, associate, chapter, connect, consolidate, corporate, corporation, correlate, correlative, embrace, federalize, federate, incorporate, join, member, organ, organize, relate, unite How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Boys tend to develop power-based
social relationships while girls use more affiliative activities (Lane,
1989). Effective emotional support provided by a family or community
support network could include building an affiliative bond, providing
advice and positive feedback, and other expressions of appreciation for
grandparents who fill the surrogate parent role.
Affiliation-intimacy motivation includes four subcategories: (a)
expression of friendly or intimate feelings toward others; (b) sadness
or other negative feeling about separation from a friend, or wanting to
restore a friendship; (c) affiliative activities, such as parties or
friendly conversation; and (d) friendly nurturing acts, such as
comforting or expressions of sympathetic concern. |
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