HDFS 1060 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Shyness, Old Age, Mark Leary
10 Oct 2017
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Nature of friendship deepest, most involved, and most intimate current relationship. 36% of unmarried young adults considered a friendship to be their closest, 47% identified a romantic relationship as their most important partnerships. Friendships remain significant even after people marry. People derived more enjoyment and excitement from the presence of a friend. Attributes of friendships than from the presence of a spouse. Partners give and receive meaningful self-disclosures, emotional. Consider each other to be sources of recreation and fun. A voluntary, personal relationship, typically providing intimacy and assistance, in which 2 parties like one another and seek each other"s company . Positive and warm evaluations of one"s partner. Less likely to involve overt expressions of positive emotion. Many of our friendships involve partners of the same sex. Admire others and hold them in high esteem. More we respect a friend/ lover = more satisfying relationship. Confidence that our partners will behave benevolently.
