<p>A few learned works on friendship:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Bell, S., &amp; Coleman, S. (Eds.). (2020). The anthropology of friendship. Routledge. ISBN 9781000320558</p>
</li>
<li><p>Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current directions in psychological science, 11(1), 7-10. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.00157" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.00157</a>   <a href="http://onemvweb.com/sources/sources/Friendship_Quality.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://onemvweb.com/sources/sources/Friendship_Quality.pdf</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Spencer, L., &amp; Pahl, R. (2006). Rethinking friendship: Hidden solidarities today. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691127422</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Berndt (2002) observed that friendships can be classified as prized or troubled. The characteristics of which are:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Prized friendships</strong>: intimacy, loyalty, supporting, helping, sharing, praising, encouraging. and bolstering.</p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Troubled friendships</strong>: conflicts, dominating, and rivalry.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Berndt's analysis can be summarised visually according to the atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour (Mobbs, 2020):</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ciUmB.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ciUmB.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Interestingly (but perhaps not surprisingly), friendship appears to closely align to the <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877.g007" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Agreeableness</a> dimension of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Five Factor Model</a>.</p>
<p><strong>References</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Mobbs AED (2020) An atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227877. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877</a> [Post author = article author]</li>
</ul>

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<p>Here are some related resources:</p>
<p>Classic: Carnegie, D. (1964). How to win friends and influence people. New York: Simon and Schuster.</p>
<p>Modern Educational: infed.org. (2013, May 9). Friendship theory: some philosophical and sociological themes – infed.org: Education, Community-Building and Change. <a href="https://infed.org/mobi/friendship-some-philosophical-and-sociological-themes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://infed.org/mobi/friendship-some-philosophical-and-sociological-themes/</a></p>
<p>Modern with Minimal Academic Credibility: Wikipedia contributors. (2020, August 8). Friendship. Wikipedia. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship</a></p>
<p>Modern Casual: Friends. 2020. Psychology Today. Retrieved Aug 25, 2020, from <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/friends" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/friends</a></p>
<p>Concise: friend. 2020. In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved Aug 25, 2020, from <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friend" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friend</a></p>

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<p>What psychological constructs best model friendships, and what are some common classic and contemporary academic literature on the subject?</p>

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You appear to have asked and answered a question in the same post which is non-standard for Stack Exchange.  Could I suggest that you reframe your post as a question, perhaps "What are the best methods to get closer to people", or "What techniques best enable you to get more friends", or "What psychological constructs best model friendships". You are free to answer your own question as you have.  By asking a question, you then allow others to effectively contribute.
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Thanks, Tony. I've already reframed the post as you suggested.
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# Psychology of Friendship

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-25)

What psychological constructs best model friendships, and what are some common classic and contemporary academic literature on the subject?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You appear to have asked and answered a question in the same post which is non-standard for Stack Exchange.  Could I suggest that you reframe your post as a question, perhaps "What are the best methods to get closer to people", or "What techniques best enable you to get more friends", or "What psychological constructs best model friendships". You are free to answer your own question as you have.  By asking a question, you then allow others to effectively contribute.  
> **username_0**: Thanks, Tony. I've already reframed the post as you suggested.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-28. Score: 2

A few learned works on friendship:

* Bell, S., & Coleman, S. (Eds.). (2020). The anthropology of friendship. Routledge. ISBN 9781000320558
* Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current directions in psychological science, 11(1), 7-10. <https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.00157> <http://onemvweb.com/sources/sources/Friendship_Quality.pdf>
* Spencer, L., & Pahl, R. (2006). Rethinking friendship: Hidden solidarities today. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691127422

Berndt (2002) observed that friendships can be classified as prized or troubled. The characteristics of which are:

* **Prized friendships**: intimacy, loyalty, supporting, helping, sharing, praising, encouraging. and bolstering.
* **Troubled friendships**: conflicts, dominating, and rivalry.

Berndt's analysis can be summarised visually according to the atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour (Mobbs, 2020):

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ciUmB.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ciUmB.png)

Interestingly (but perhaps not surprisingly), friendship appears to closely align to the [Agreeableness](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877.g007) dimension of the [Five Factor Model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits).

**References**

* Mobbs AED (2020) An atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227877. <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877> [Post author = article author]


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### Answer by username_0 on 2020-08-26. Score: 1

Here are some related resources:

Classic: Carnegie, D. (1964). How to win friends and influence people. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Modern Educational: infed.org. (2013, May 9). Friendship theory: some philosophical and sociological themes – infed.org: Education, Community-Building and Change. <https://infed.org/mobi/friendship-some-philosophical-and-sociological-themes/>

Modern with Minimal Academic Credibility: Wikipedia contributors. (2020, August 8). Friendship. Wikipedia. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship>

Modern Casual: Friends. 2020. Psychology Today. Retrieved Aug 25, 2020, from <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/friends>

Concise: friend. 2020. In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved Aug 25, 2020, from <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friend>


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