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  1. Nov 18, 2020 · 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.

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    • Social Connectedness and Depression
    • Contact Theory
    • The Flipside of Friendship

    Many studies suggest that having healthy friendships could have a protective effect on health and help us age better. Some research has examined whether social networks could influence mortality, heart attack survival, depression and anxiety. Our social networks (the ties we have) can affect our moods, with some evidence suggesting that feelings su...

    Friendship may also be pivotal in boosting societal harmony. Contact theory - the idea that positive contact such as friendships between different groups can promote positive attitudes, has been studied as a way to reduce prejudice towards immigrants and promote intercultural relations. For example, studies in children have shownthat white British ...

    But are there downsides to friendship? Certainly, feeling socially rejected can be painful, especially for teenagers. And one in three children may experience the flipside of friendship – enemyship or 'antipathetic relationships', at any given time according to research. Teen friendships can be complicated, with former friends or current 'frenemies...

  3. Nov 17, 2016 · The topics covered include the ways in which friendship varies across the life span, how friendship interacts with gender, and friendship in different contexts, such as in the workplace and through social media, and with different partners, such as mentors, romantic partners, and pets.

  4. Nov 18, 2020 · 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.

    • Menelaos Apostolou, Despoina Keramari, Antonios Kagialis, Mark Sullman
    • 2021
  5. May 29, 2018 · Friends. Friendology: The Science of Friendship. Why do we like the people we like? Posted May 29, 2018 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader. Friendships are unique relationships, but defining the...

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  7. Nov 1, 2018 · This feature of friendship, it is claimed, explains why friendship plays a key role in human happiness, why it is praised by philosophers, poets, and novelists, and why we all seek friends.

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