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When one considers the amount of time people spend with their friends, the range and diversity of their shared activities, the roles that friends play, and the functions that they serve, there can be no denying the significance of friendship in peoples’ lives. It is perhaps because of the pervasive influence and the diverse impact of friends that ambiguities and contradictions have arisen from attempts to define friendship. Thus, from the earliest speculations of the ancient philosophers to the research programs of modern scientists, people have been trying to gain an understanding of the nature of friendship.
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature”—Emerson
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Snyder, M., Smith, D. (1986). Personality and Friendship: The Friendship Worlds of Self-Monitoring. In: Derlega, V.J., Winstead, B.A. (eds) Friendship and Social Interaction. Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4880-4_4
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