The Finding That Is Most Consistent with Harry Stack Sullivan's

The finding that is most consistent with Harry Stack Sullivan's theory about the importance of preadolescent chumships is that

A) friends resolve conflicts more amiably than acquaintances do
B) preadolescents who have established intimate same-sex friendships are more likely than chumless agemates to have broken through the gender segregation barrier
C) friendships become fewer in number as children enter adolescence
D) preadolescents with close friends are less likely to be victimized, compared to those who have no close friends