In the late 1970s, 52 percent of 12th-graders hung out with their friends almost every day. By 2017, only 28 percent were doing so.
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Articles on Friendship
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We know being nice is good for friendships. But we wanted to find out why some antisocial people are socially successful. So we looked at whether rebels had more friends in high school than nice kids.
Facebook users no longer see the site as a confidant. They're struggling with how to deal with a messy codependence – and whether to just break up and move on with healthier friends.
Navigating friendships as a teen can be hard. Parents can help by modelling good behaviour and making sure their teen feels they can talk to them about their friendships.
Making good friends in primary school is not always an easy task. Here's how teachers and parents can help.
Encouraging good social skill development benefits your young child throughout their life.
More than 800 students told researchers what they value most in their friends.
Learning to form friendships is a key part of growing up.
People kept diaries for two weeks recording how often things about them were forgotten. The results turned out to be surprising.
Introverts, don’t worry.
A simple act of kindness between George Bush and Michelle Obama illuminates our need for friendship and well-being.
Psychology researchers found that daily acts of kindness were linked to increases in positive mood – especially for teens who felt depressed.
Academic research brings people close together as they collaborate on shared goals and projects that often last decades. Saying goodbye to a collaborator can be as hard as saying goodbye to family.
Friendship requires that we be open to our friends’ ways of seeing things, even when they differ from our own. Is being a good person necessary for a good friendship? Who is a good person?
It's less about making more friends and more about changing the way we see the world.
We can disagree with co-workers in meetings. We can argue about sports with friends. A new study explores why politics seems to be an entirely different beast.
Social media provide shortcuts to things we yearn for, like connection and validation. Media effects scholars explain the psychological benefits we get from Facebook that make it so hard to quit.
Their culture places a high value on something many Americans don't.
Because teenage boys and girls behave differently online, girls are more at risk for cyberbullying, and intervention needs to take this into account.
Seven rules for break up in the digital age.
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