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The Psychology of Friendship
the socio-emotional theory of friendship (which suggests that we become more and more selective as we grow older to focus on those few emotionally valuable friendships)
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
For women, best friendships were most strongly predicted by the degree of similarity in education, sense of humour, dependability, a happy disposition, number of shared activities, how much mutual support was exchanged and, specifically for same-sex best friends, the frequency of contact via digital means
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Back in the 1980s, the Oxford psychologists Michael Argyle and Monika Henderson wrote a seminal paper titled “The Rules of Friendship.” Its six takeaways are obvious, but what the hell, they’re worth restating: In the most stable friendships, people tend to stand up for each other in each other’s absence; trust and confide in each other; support ea... See more
Jennifer Senior • It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart
Being social and having friends carries many psychological and health benefits. Friendship protects us against disease as well as cognitive decline, allows us to be more engaged with the tasks that we have to do, and helps us become more embedded within, and trusting of, the wider community within which we live.