Friendship - how does it work?
Friendship is an interpersonal relationship in which must be the communication interactions between people. Moreover, it involves a “personalistic focus”, which is reacting to each other as unique, genuine and irreplaceable individuals. Whatsmore, it must not be destructive but should be characterized by mutual positive regard.
There are five friendship needs that friends can serve. First is utility when someone has special talents or skills that will help you achieve specific goals. Affirmation – when someone affirms your value and helps you to recognize your attributes. Ego support is when someone is supportive, helpful and encouraging. Stimulation is someone who introduces you to new ideas, ways of seeing the world and helps to expand your worldview. And the last is security when someone doesn’t want to hurt you or emphasize your weaknesses and inadequacies. It is important to know that as your needs change, the qualities you’re looking for in friendship also change. Obviously, friendship is an evolving process, so we can divide it into four stages.
The first is Contact when we can find initial contact as awkwardness because people don’t know each other very well yet. For this reason, you are more guarded. Next is Involvement in which a person becomes a casual friend with who we would go to the cinema or wait in the cafeteria. You begin to communicate with confidence, develop a positive attitude toward that one and here appears a sense of “we-ness”. The third stage is Close and Intimate Friendship when you and your friend see yourselves as an exclusive unit. You’re able to predict each other's behavior, there are supportiveness and openness and you are more willing to make a sacrifice for each other. The last is Dissolution. Sometimes, for example, when friendship becomes destructive or overly competitive it must be dissolved and it’s positive then.
Friendship is one of the most important worth, so it's good to know some psychological principles behind it.
There are five friendship needs that friends can serve. First is utility when someone has special talents or skills that will help you achieve specific goals. Affirmation – when someone affirms your value and helps you to recognize your attributes. Ego support is when someone is supportive, helpful and encouraging. Stimulation is someone who introduces you to new ideas, ways of seeing the world and helps to expand your worldview. And the last is security when someone doesn’t want to hurt you or emphasize your weaknesses and inadequacies. It is important to know that as your needs change, the qualities you’re looking for in friendship also change. Obviously, friendship is an evolving process, so we can divide it into four stages.
The first is Contact when we can find initial contact as awkwardness because people don’t know each other very well yet. For this reason, you are more guarded. Next is Involvement in which a person becomes a casual friend with who we would go to the cinema or wait in the cafeteria. You begin to communicate with confidence, develop a positive attitude toward that one and here appears a sense of “we-ness”. The third stage is Close and Intimate Friendship when you and your friend see yourselves as an exclusive unit. You’re able to predict each other's behavior, there are supportiveness and openness and you are more willing to make a sacrifice for each other. The last is Dissolution. Sometimes, for example, when friendship becomes destructive or overly competitive it must be dissolved and it’s positive then.
Friendship is one of the most important worth, so it's good to know some psychological principles behind it.
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