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  1. www.researchgate.net › publication › 346007384_Why(PDF) Why people make friends: The nature of friendship

    Nov 18, 2020 · The reasons that make a person make friends include the need for companionship, as a starting point for finding a partner, and the need for support in various aspects of life (Apostolou et al ...

  2. onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › fullWhy people make friends: The nature of friendship

    Nov 18, 2020 · This human universal raises the question of why people make friends, which the current research aims to address. The ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen proposed four major categories for explaining an organism's behavior, namely, adaptive value, phylogeny, mechanism, and ontogeny (Tinbergen, 1963). Adaptive value refers to how a behavior contributes ...

    • Menelaos Apostolou, Despoina Keramari, Antonios Kagialis, Mark Sullman
    • 2021

  3. www.friendmatch.com › blog › why-people-are-goingWhy people are going online to make friends

    Who is making friends online: 43% of FriendMatch members are women between the ages of 18 - 29. At the time of the study, Women made up approx. 63% of all FriendMatch members. Friend-seekers come from around the world, but the top three countries for members on FriendMatch, in order are: 1. United States 2. Canada 3.

  4. psycnet.apa.org › record › 2020/87952/001Why people make friends: The nature of friendship. - APA PsycNet

    Friendship constitutes an important facet of human behavior, and the current research investigated the reasons that motivate people to make friends. First, a combination of qualitative research methods were used to identify 41 perceived reasons why people make friends. Using a sample of 1,316 Greek‐speaking participants, these reasons were classified into five broad factors. Participants ...

  5. www.researchgate.net › publication › 309187516(PDF) Friendship - ResearchGate

    Jan 1, 2018 · partners acknowledge the relationship and treat each ot her as equals. Friendship is typically. characterized, by companionship, a shared history, and mutual affection. Also, throughout the. life ...

  6. onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › absWhy people make friends: The nature of friendship

    Nov 18, 2020 · Broader Impact Statement: Making friends constitutes a universal and important aspect of human contact. The current research is the first to have attempted to identify the reasons why people make friends, to taxonomize them in broad factors and domains, and to investigate their contingencies.

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  8. archive.org › downloadThe Psychology of Friendship - Archive.org

    and remain friends with others because of their singular embodiment of a categori-cal virtue or commitment to a social cause that we share. Third, friendship is an affective bond—an emotional attachment. Persons care about, like, and may pro - foundly love their friends. Again, however, the depth of affect between friends may