Friendship

Question 1

Communal Friendships

Answer 1

Focus on sharing time, activities, emotional support

Question 2

Agentic Friendship

Answer 2

Exist primarily to help achieve practical goals

Question 3

Strategies to Maintain Friendships

Answer 3

Share activities, communicate openly, Abide by Friendship Rules

Question 4

Role-delimited Interaction

Answer 4

The 1st stage of friendship where we all exist within various roles and interact with others in those roles.

Question 5

Friendly Relations

Answer 5

Positive Interactions that occur within the Stage 1 roles

Question 6

Moves-Toward-Friendship

Answer 6

Individuals begin to voluntarily interact outside of the Stage 1 roles

Question 7

Nascent Friendship

Answer 7

Individuals interact outside of Stage 1 roles and don’t follow the stereotypes associated with those roles.

Question 8

Stabilized Friendship

Answer 8

Friendships evolve into this stage through time and refinement. Norms and interaction patterns are functioning optimally for both parties

Question 9

Waning Friendship

Answer 9

Decline in affect, decision to end friendship, relationship terminating event.

Question 10

Post-Friendship

Answer 10

Friendship is over but can still impact us.

Question 11

Independent Friendship Style

Answer 11

Friendships are based on specific circumstances in life

Question 12

Discerning Friendship Style

Answer 12

Deep Connection with a friend or a group of friends regardless of changing circumstances

Question 13

Acquisitive Friendship Style

Answer 13

Moving through life collecting a diverse variety of friendships and committing to those friendships.

Question 14

Ideal Friendships

Answer 14

Healthy and Enjoyable

Question 15

Waning Friendships

Answer 15

Healthy but not Enjoyable

Question 16

Problematic Friendships

Answer 16

Not Healthy but Enjoyable

Question 17

Deviant Friendships

Answer 17

Not healthy and not Enjoyable

Question 18

Voluntary Friendship Charcteristic

Answer 18

We choose who we want to be friends with

Question 19

Personal Friendship Characteristic

Answer 19

We negotiate what the friendship looks like with the other party

Question 20

Equality Friendship Charcteristic

Answer 20

Personal attributes and interaction styles are emphasized to make friendship equal

Question 21

Mutual Friendship Characteristic

Answer 21

Both parties must be engaged in relationship