Essays on Friendship

Women’s friendship has become an attractive subject for research. Researchers like Mjaavatn, Frostad, and Pijl (2016) have tried to establish the friendship patterns of women. Friendships are classified into cross-sex friendship which is characterized by individuals of opposite sex becoming friends and same-sex friendship that is associated with establishment of...

This paper looks into the psychological impacts of online friendships specifically trying to establish whether they are of value to those involved. In order to do this, it first has to look into what constitutes a friend and friendship, what drives the need to have friends, the psychological and health...

Friendship is a fundamental aspect of human life as it plays a crucial role in the overall wellbeing of person. Existence of friends in an individual’s life is not only vital for the social-being of the individual but also the health of the individual. In quite a number of studies...

Friendship is a fundamental aspect of human life as it plays a crucial role in the overall wellbeing of person. Existence of friends in an individual’s life is not only vital for the social-being of the individual but also the health of the individual. In quite a number of studies...

Friendship is a fundamental aspect in the contemporary world, especially due to the fact that no one can manage to live by himself or herself. With genuine friends, an individual manages to overcome some of the life obstacles that usually hit when they are least expected. As sages put it,...

Previous Research Studies Previous research studies have focused on different patterns as well as inclinations for friendship communication between different ethnic communities. The Focus of This Article This article focuses on the communication of solidarity in friendships among African American women. According to the authors, there is a centrality of culture among the...

Making Friends: An Art to Learn Making friends is an art that is worth learning by every human being in our normal lives. Man being a social animal, need companions near him or her for a good and complete life. It can be admitted that it's not an easy task to...

Friendship is a relationship between people with mutual affection. Friendship goes beyond association it is a powerful form of interpersonal bond. Various academic fields have tried to study friendship, some of these fields include; equity theory, attachment styles, social exchange theory and relational dialectics. Despite having various forms of friendships,...

The emergence of the internet has enabled not only virtual communication but also virtual friendships.  The online communication and relationships have become part of the world today. They have affected a large part of the world’s population. However, the emergence of the virtual friendships has brought forth the question of...

New Year's Greetings I hope that you are doing well friend and having a wonderful New Year's Eve, however, I am so eager to deliver my best wishes for you in the New Year 2019. First of all, may your New Year be full of renewal, success, love, such as a...

Maria Konnikova in her article of the limits of friendship uses Robin Dunbar into exploring the eponymous number that he established almost through accident. Through Oxford University, in particular, the anthropologist department they were looking into the challenges that were dwelt in realizing the difficulty of why primates devoted most...

Reasons for Ending a Good Friendship Human beings are social beings, and thus we find it necessary to associate with people at a deeper level. We all have people we regard as close, who are not family members and who we share a bond. Therefore friendship is a platonic relationship between...