Making Time for Friends: A Scientific How-To Guide for Maintaining and Strengthening Friendship in Adulthood

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friendship
friendship maintenance
friendship strengthening
social connection
loneliness
positive psychology
well-being
belonging
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Social Psychology
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Elinkowski, Kristin
Romney, Madison
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Research has long shown the benefits of social connection for individual well-being. Positive Psychology offers several theories for fostering social connection and yet, throughout our lives we aren’t formally taught how to sustain connections, particularly our cherished friendships. Once you form a friendship, how do you make it last? In this paper, we examine friendship through existing literature and qualitative research leveraging exemplar methodology. Because a pursuit of well-being often includes a pursuit of friendship, we offer research-supported, real-world strategies for maintaining and strengthening friendships in adulthood.

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2020-08-01
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