Close Relationships

Remember : Networks

UNITS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION

Monads:         self-directed actions can be unfulfilling

Dyads:             opportunities for privacy and intimacy

Triads:            opportunities for coalitions

Networks:       large-scale connectedness

What is special about a friend?

In a friendship relation we share behavior and emotions.

Stressful events when moving into college

Loneliness or estrangement: feeling distant or isolated from others to whom we do not connect.

• no friends

• not enough friend

• wrong friends

Overhead

Friendship Behaviors

·    Companionship

·    Self-disclosure

·    Helping

Friendship Emotions

·    Liking

·    Loving

·    Dependency / Commitment

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