Friendship
Interpersonal Aspects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7079342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nick Rumens (0000-0002-2318-0345, Oxford Brookes University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosf070.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4317765319 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Sociologists have focused on how friendships are social relationships, supplementing a traditional view of friendship as a spontaneous and voluntary relationship. The interpersonal aspects associated with friendship are diverse, although ones that are commonly associated with friendships and studied (e.g., similarity, intimacy, reciprocity, and trust) hark back to Aristotelian friendship ideals. Similarity remains an influential organizing principle in friendship making, but friendships can develop around and transpire across human differences, such as gender, race, and ethnicity. The presence of intimacy in friendship can determine how friendships are understood. A dichotomous view of men's and women's friendships as either deficient in or possessing a surfeit of disclosing intimacy has been problematized by sociologists. Reciprocity in friendships implies that friends can give and take without maintaining a balance sheet of exchanges. Relying on a friend for future support is underwritten by trust, seen by some as corroded under modern capitalism. Yet trust remains evident in some friendships that act as strong social bonds in people's personal communities. The relationship between interpersonal aspects and context remains relevant in friendship research, noted in recent scholarly interest in online friendships and the new ways of “friending,” suggesting that friendships are in a state of transition
Context (archaeology · Friendship · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Sociology · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |