Changes in Friendship Commitment: Comparing Geographically Close and Long-Distance Young-Adult Friendships

Johnson, Amy Janan; Becker, Jennifer A. H.; Craig, Elizabeth; Gilchrist, Eileen S.; Haigh, Michel M.

doi:10.1080/01463370903313430

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“…Even though none of the items in the dependent variable explicitly required geographic proximity, the physical distance between dyad members was negatively correlated with resource access; that is, as t he distance between two people increased, perceived access to resources decreased, even after controlling for relational closeness. Previous research looking at relationship maintenance found little to no difference in relational closeness between geographically proximate and distant connections [69,70]; that said, there is a difference between keeping in touch and exchanging meaningful resources. Furthermore, physical proximity facilitates access to more instrumental resources, such as going to a baseball game together or helping a friend move.…”

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confidence: 92%

Unpacking Social Media’s Role in Resource Provision: Variations across Relational and Communicative Properties

Vitak

2014

Societies

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New information and communication technologies (ICTs) challenge existing beliefs regarding the exchange of social resources within a network. The present study examines individuals' perceived access to social, emotional, and instrumental resources by analyzing relational and Facebook-specific characteristics of dyadic relationships. Results suggest that the social and technical affordances of the site-including visibility of content and connections, as well as streamlined processes for interacting with a large audience-may augment existing perceptions of resource access for some ties while providing a major (or sole) outlet to interact and exchange resources with others. Specifically, weaker ties appear to benefit more than strong ties from engagement in directed communication and relationship maintenance strategies, while additional variations were observed across relationship category, dyad composition, and geographic proximity. In summary, these findings provide new evidence for how positive relational gains may be derived from site use.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Unpacking Social Media’s Role in Resource Provision: Variations across Relational and Communicative Properties

Vitak

2014

Societies

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“…70 Humans remember and also maintain friendships despite long periods of separation; young adults living long distances apart remain friends for 8 years or more. 71 People also tend to be over-inclusive when differentiating kin from nonkin. These false-positive kin-recognition errors (i.e., treating nonkin as kin) appear to be more prominent in women than men, the latter of which may suffer higher costs from forming alliances with nonrelatives.…”

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The neuroethology of friendship

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Friendship pervades the human social landscape. These bonds are so important that disrupting them leads to health problems, and difficulties forming or maintaining friendships attend neuropsychiatric disorders like autism and depression. Other animals also have friends, suggesting that friendship is not solely a human invention but is instead an evolved trait. A neuroethological approach applies behavioral, neurobiological, and molecular techniques to explain friendship in terms of its underlying mechanisms, development, evolutionary origins, and biological function. Recent studies implicate a shared suite of neural circuits and neuromodulatory pathways in the formation, maintenance, and manipulation of friendships across humans and other animals. Health consequences and reproductive advantages in mammals additionally suggest that friendship has adaptive benefits. We argue that understanding the neuroethology of friendship in humans and other animals brings us closer to knowing fully what it means to be human.

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“…Research has established positive correlations between use of CMC in long-distance relationships and increased levels of love and intimacy [20] and trust [8]. More recent research by Johnson and colleagues [27] found similarities in how geographically close and long-distance friends defined closeness, with a focus on "self-disclosure" and "help and support," both of which can be provided through CMC (as opposed to other resources that may require physical proximity). 1 See Method section for details regarding how participants selected the Friend they rated in the study.…”

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Facebook makes the heart grow fonder

Vitak

2014

Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work &Amp; Social Computing

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The increasing ubiquity of information and communication technologies has dramatically impacted interpersonal communication and relationship maintenance processes. These technologies remove temporal and spatial constraints, enabling communication at a distance for low to no physical costs. Research has established that technologies such as email supplement other forms of communication in relationship maintenance, but to what extent do newer technologies-which contain a unique set of affordances-facilitate these processes? Furthermore, do SNS users engage in different practices through the site and obtain different relational benefits based on specific characteristics of the tie? Findings from a survey of adult Facebook users (N=415) indicate that geographically distant Facebook Friends, as well as those who rely on the site as their primary form of communication, engage in relationship maintenance strategies through the site to a greater extent and perceive the site to have a more positive impact on the quality of their relationships.

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Changes in Friendship Commitment: Comparing Geographically Close and Long-Distance Young-Adult Friendships

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

Unpacking Social Media’s Role in Resource Provision: Variations across Relational and Communicative Properties

Unpacking Social Media’s Role in Resource Provision: Variations across Relational and Communicative Properties

The neuroethology of friendship

Facebook makes the heart grow fonder

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