| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Term clarification --South and North, China | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Practical significance | 第15页 |
| ·Academic significance | 第15-16页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter two Literature review | 第18-36页 |
| ·North and South | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous study on Northern and Southern Chinese culture | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous study on North-South comparison from perspective of intercultural communication | 第19-21页 |
| ·Intercultural friendship | 第21-32页 |
| ·Defining terms | 第21-23页 |
| ·Friendship | 第21-23页 |
| ·Intercultural friendship | 第23页 |
| ·Intercultural friendship development | 第23-29页 |
| ·Theories on Intercultural relationship development | 第23-25页 |
| ·Stages of relationship development | 第24页 |
| ·Models of relationship development | 第24-25页 |
| ·Models on Intercultural friendship development | 第25-27页 |
| ·Intimacy in friendships | 第27-29页 |
| ·Intimate friendship scale | 第28-29页 |
| ·Studies on intercultural friendship development | 第29-32页 |
| ·Overseas studies | 第29-31页 |
| ·Indigenous studies | 第31-32页 |
| ·Factors influencing intercultural friendshipdevelopment | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第36-43页 |
| ·Pilot study | 第36页 |
| ·Research question and hypothesis | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research design | 第37-40页 |
| ·Questionnaire design | 第37-39页 |
| ·Follow-up interview -- qualitative method | 第39-40页 |
| ·Respondents and sampling | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Discussion | 第43-62页 |
| ·Data Analysis of friendship intimacy | 第43-53页 |
| ·Reliability of the questionnaire | 第43-44页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of data | 第44-46页 |
| ·One Way Analysis of Variance (Anova) of friendship intimacy scale | 第46-53页 |
| ·Factors influencing intercultural friendship | 第53-62页 |
| ·Quantitative results analysis | 第53-54页 |
| ·Follow-up interview analysis | 第54-60页 |
| ·Summary of quantitative and qualitative analysis ofinfluential factors | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| ·Findings Review | 第62-64页 |
| ·Status of intercultural friendship intimacy between university students from north and south in China | 第62-63页 |
| ·Factors influencing intercultural friendship development between university students from north and south in China | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations and implications for Future Study | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-74页 |
| APPENDIX | 第74-85页 |
| Questionnaire (English) | 第74-80页 |
| 调查问卷（中文） | 第80-85页 |
