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Jan 1, 2018 · Friendship experiences are universal. Although the nature of friendship does change across the lifespan (e.g., from a relationship based on companionship and play in early childhood to one...
Jan 17, 2021 · Friendships enrich our lives in many ways. Friends give us both practical and emotional support when we need it. As a result, there are many emotional and physical health benefits of friendships—the more people prioritize friendships, the happier and healthier they are.
- Two Classical Views of Friendship
- Some ‘Modern’ Views of Friendship
- The Experience of Friendship Today
- Conclusion – Changing Friendship?
- Further Reading and References
- References
- Links
Aristotle provides us with one of the great discussions of friendship. He distinguishes between what he believes to be genuine friendships and two other forms: one based on mutual usefulness, the other on pleasure. These two forms only last for as long as there is utility and pleasure involved, whereas genuine friendship does not dissolve. It takes...
A good deal of sociological comment about friendship is based on the assumption that a traditional society characterized by face-to-face and largely convivial relationships has been replaced by a more competitive and individualistic one. In this respect the work of Ferdinand Tönnies (1887) is often cited. He saw friendship (along with kinship and p...
It might be thought that with the vast numbers of community studies and ethnographies that appeared in the twentieth century that we would have, by now, a rich appreciation of the developing state of friendship within different societies. Unfortunately, with just a few exceptions, much of the research undertaken has involved the use of fairly rudim...
Commentators like Ray Pahl (2000: 5) have argued that friendship is becoming an increasingly important ‘social glue’. Today, many societies are held together by very different social bonds than from three centuries before. Kinship obligations, civic responsibilities and ‘the mutual care of reciprocities engendered by being trapped in communities of...
Allan, G. (1996) Kinship and Friendship in Modern Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 143 + x pages. A good introduction to the area. See, also, Graham Allan’s (1989) Friendship: Developing a sociological perspective, Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf. Adams, R. G. and Allan, G. (1998) Placing Friendship in Context, Cambridge: Cambridge U...
Bell, S. and Coleman, S. (1999) ‘The anthropology of friendship: enduring themes and future possibilities’ in S. Bell and S. Coleman (eds.) The Anthropology of Friendship, London: Berg. Bellah, R. N., Madsen, R., Sullivan, W. M., Swidler, A. and Tipton, S. M. (1985; 1996) Habits of the Heart. Individualism and commitment in American life2e, Berkele...
friendship and education To cite this article: Doyle, M. E. and Smith, M. K. (2002). ‘Friendship: theory and experience’, The encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education. [https://infed.org/mobi/friendship-some-philosophical-and-sociological-themes/. Retrieved: insert date] © Michele E. Doyle and Mark K. Smith2002
Apr 9, 2017 · This is the first book that explicitly focuses on the relationships between various types of friendship experiences and happiness. It addresses historical, theoretical, and measurement issues in the study of friendship and happiness (e.g., why friends are important for happiness).
Jul 27, 2021 · Social connectedness and depression. 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.
This chapter reviews the theoretical arguments and empirical research suggesting that friendship is indeed associated with happiness across age, ethnic, and cultural groups. The chapter then evaluates the relative importance of different indices of friendship in happiness.
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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.
