WHEN FRIENDSHIP HURTS

Friendship links

Copyright � 2002 by Jan Yager, Ph.D. All rights reserved. May not be duplicated or resent electronically without permission of the copyright holder.)

Listed below are sites that have information relating to friendship as well as topics discussed in When Friendship Hurts, such as conflict resolution. The information below has been compiled by Dr. Jan Yager. However, listing of a site does not imply endorsement of that site or its contents by Dr. Jan Yager. Nor should there be any inference made because a site or association is excluded from this list because of space or other considerations. Furthermore, because web sites may change name, or location, or disband at any time, the accuracy of these listings cannot be assured.

If you have a site that you would like to have considered for inclusion when this list is updated, please send pertinent information via e-mail (no attached files, please) to: jyager@aol.com. Dr. Jan Yager, P.O. Box 8038, Stamford, CT 06905-8038 USA.

For additional listings, read "Resources" in When Friendship Hurts by
Jan Yager, Ph.D. (NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc., Fireside Books, 2002).

http://www.janyager.com
Dr. Jan Yager's main website, which includes friendship.

www.janyager.com/friendship
Dr. Jan Yager's additional web site devoted just to friendship.

http://www.janyager.com/friendship/e-zine/e-zine-welcome.asp
Dr. Jan Yager's Friendship E-zine, "Friends, Friends, Friends," a free web-based original publication researched and written by Dr. Yager, available for free, by subscription. Issue #1 became available on August 1, 2002. New issues will be sent to subscribers periodically, every few months.

www.friendship.com.au
Australian Bronwyn Polson created her Friendship Page in 1996, which gets thousands of visitors each day, as she continues to add contemporary and classic quotes and poetry about friendship.

http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/friendship
Articles about friendship topics and celebrations and reviews of friendship-related books by Allison Hunter. Also includes links to other friendship sites.

www.selfgrowth.com/friend.html
New Jersey-based David and Michelle Riklan have created the website, www.selfgrowth.com, with a section devoted to friendship-related information. The mission state for their website is: "to provide a single central resource for information on Self Improvement, Self Help and Personal Growth on the Internet."

www.bowlingalone.com
Web site for Robert D. Putnam's book, Bowling Alone (Simon & Schuster, 2000), a 541-page tour de force that helped inspire a dialogue about the need to strengthen social connections in America.

www.cyberparent.com/friendship
Auxiliary web site, of the main site of Dallas-based www.cyberparent.com excerpting other sources on friendship covering making and maintaining friends as well as when friendships end.

www.friendshipforce.org
Founded in 1977 by Wayne Smith, a Presbyterian minister, Friendship Force International (also known as FFI) has had approximately 500,000 people partaking in 3,300 Friendship Force exchanges in more than 60 countries.

www.empowerothers.com
The mission statement for this initiative to "highlight the importance of leadership and co-operation in improving peoples lives and show how people together can bring about a positive global change."

www.neatwomen.com
Educational website with this mission statement: An online community for all women, especially women of a certain age (over 40).

www.entertainmates.com
Site started in 2002 for finding friends.

www.giftbasketgallery.com
Gift basket company that creates gift baskets for all occasions including special designs by kathy@giftbasketgallery.com to give to friends all year around as well as during the annual May National New Friends, Old Friends Week.

Please note: Dr. Jan Yager's first book on friendship, Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives, is available at all the local and on-line bookstores listed. You may also order online directly with this link: Friendshifts

Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives

www.oprah.com/tows/booksseen/tows_book_19991028_jyager.jhtml
Annotation of Dr. Jan Yager's book Friendshifts (Dr. Yager was a guest on the October 28, 1999 Oprah Winfrey Show, "Have You Forgotten Your Friends?")

www.oprah.com/uyl/livenow/uyl_livenow_friends.jhtml
Page posted entitled "Something to consider before reconnecting with a friend"

Conflict resolution
www.acresolution.org
Washington, D.C.-based membership educational association concerned with conflict resolution formed by combining three associations: Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Academy of Family Mediators, and Conflict Resolution Education Network. Sponsors conferences and maintains a mediator referral list.

Membership/subscription services for finding old/new friends
www.classmates.com
A subscription site for an annual fee that helps former classmates and co-workers to reconnect.

www.singlesearch.com
Membership site for making friends and/or searching for a romantic relationship.

www.Americansingles.com
A membership site that facilitates Internet connections with new friends.
www.positivepartners.com Founder of these weeks: National Forgiveness Week (in June) and National Friendship Week (in August)

Friendship cards
http://www.123greetings.com/friendship
Free on-line greeting cards related to friendship from 123 Greetings.com.

http://www.4friendship.com
Friendship e-cards and related links.

http://www.friendshipdayonline.com
Friendship e-cards, quotes, gifts, and links.

http://www.hallmark.com
Free e-cards and printed cards for purchase about friendship.

http://www.americangreetings.com
Paper and e-cards about friendship.

For additional listings, read "Resources" in When Friendship Hurts by
Jan Yager, Ph.D. (NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc., Fireside Books, 2002).

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When Friendship Hurts: How to Deal with Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You
 
Home Page | About the author | About the book including reviews | Table of contents
Free excerpt | Buy the book | 21 types of negative friends | Reading Group Guide
Featured links | Author's websites | Upcoming interviews or events | Contact Jan Yager
Online media kit | Foreign rights