Friendship and Subjective Well-Being
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Friendship, Well-being, AdultsAbstract
Friendship contributes to subjective well-being, and this study analyzed the relationship between these variables. 116 university students from Belo Horizonte and 116 from Porto Alegre, both cities in Brazil, responded to the McGill Friendship Questionnaires, the PANAS scales and the Life Satisfaction Scale. Women showed more satisfaction and positive feelings towards their best friend; students from Belo Horizonte reported more negative feelings; friendship satisfaction correlated positively with life satisfaction and positive affect, but did not predict life satisfaction. There was a close, yet not causal, relation between subjective well-being and friendship. Joint satisfaction with friends, family, and romance is necessary for subjective well-being, as suggested by scientific literature. Research in Brazil could direct efforts to joint analyzes of these relationships.
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Bukowski, W. M., Newcomb, A. F., & Hartup, W. W. (1996). Friendship and its significance in childhood and adolescence: Introduction and comment. In W. M. Bukowski, A. F. Newcomb, & W. W. Hartup (Eds.), The company they keep: Friendship in childhood and adolescence (pp. 1-15). Cambridge, UK: University Press.
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Demir, M., Özdemir, M., & Weitekamp, L. (2007). Looking to happy tomorrows with friends: Best and close relationships as they predict happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 8, 243-271.
Demir, M., & Weitekamp, L. (2007). I am so happy cause today I found my friend: Friendship and personality as predictors of happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 8, 181-211.
DeSousa, D. A., & Cerqueira-Santos, E. (2012). Relacionamentos de amizade íntima entre jovens adultos. Paidéia, 22(53), 325-333.
Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 542-575.
Diener, E., Lucas, R., Oishi, S., & Suh, E. (2002). Looking up and down: Weighting good and bad information in life satisfaction judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(4), 437-445.
Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsen, R., & Griffin, S. (1985). The Satisfaction with Life Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, 91-95.
Duarte, M., G., & Souza, L. K. de (2010). O que importa em uma amizade? A percepção de universitários sobre amizades. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 4(2), 271-290.
Freire, T., & Tavares, D. (2011). Influência da autoestima, da regulação emocional e do gênero no bem-estar subjetivo e psicológico de adolescentes. Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica, 38(5), 184-188.
Furman, W., & Buhrmester, D. (1985). Children’s perceptions of the personal relationships in their social networks. Developmental Psychology, 21(6), 1016-1024.
Gaudreau, P., Sanchez, X, & Blondin, J. (2006). Positive and negative affective states in a performance-related setting: Testing the factorial structure of the PANAS across two samples of French-Canadian participants. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 22(4), 240-249.
Giacomoni, C. H., & Hutz, C. S. (1997, Julho). A mensuração do BES: Escala de afeto positivo e negativo e escala de satisfação de vida. In Sociedade Interamericana de Psicologia (Ed.), Anais do XXVI Congresso Interamericano de Psicologia da Sociedade Interamericana de Psicologia, São Paulo (p. 313). São Paulo: Autor.
Giacomoni, C., Hutz, C. S., & Reppold, C. (2007). BES: Definição e formas de avaliação. In P. Schelini (Ed.), Alguns domínios da avaliação psicológica (pp. 111-124). Campinas: Alínea.
Gilman, R., Huebner, E., Tian, L., Park, N., O’Byrne, J., Schiff, M., Langknecht, H. (2008). Cross-national adolescent multidimensional life satisfaction reports: Analyzes of mean scores and response style differences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 142-154.
Kipper, A. (2003). Amizade, trabalho e BES. Dissertação de mestrado não-publicada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre.
Lansford, J., Antonucci, T., Akiyama, H., & Takahashi, K. (2005). A quantitative and qualitative approach to social relationships and well-being in the United States and Japan. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, January, 1-22.
Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: Does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131(6), 803-855.
McDonough, E., & Munz, D. (1994). General well-being and perceived adult friendship behaviors. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9(4), 743-752.
Mendelson, M. J., & Aboud, F. E. (1999). Measuring friendship quality in late adolescents and young adults: McGill Friendship Questionnaires (short report). Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 31(2), 130-132.
Mendelson, M. J., & Aboud, F. E. (2003). Measuring friendship quality in late adolescents and young adults: McGill Friendship Questionnaires. Manuscrito não-publicado, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Moreira, M. C., & Sarriera, J. C. (2006). Preditores de saúde e bem-estar psicológico em adolescentes gestantes. Psico-USF, 11(1), 7-15.
Myers, D. (2000). The funds, friends, and faith of happy people. American Psychologist, 55(1), 56-67.
Park, N., & Huebner, E. (2005). A cross-cultural study of the levels and correlates of life satisfaction among adolescents. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36(4), 444-56.
Pavot, W., Diener, E., & Fujita, F. (1990). Extraversion and happiness. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, 1299-1306.
Peron, S., Guimarães, L., & Souza, L. K. de (2010). Amizade na adolescência e a entrada na universidade. Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia, 10(3), 664-681.
Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (2013). Relatórios de desenvolvimento humano. Retrieved from http://www.pnud.org.br
Rawlins, W. K. (1992). Friendship matters. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Rodriguez, N., Mira, C., Myers, H., Morris, J., & Cardoza, D. (2003). Family or friends: who plays a greater supportive role for Latino college students? Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 9(3), 236-250.
Schujmann, A., & Costa, S. (2012). A influência da promoção nas relações de amizade no ambiente de trabalho. Psico (PUCRS), 43(1), 39-46.
Scorsolini-Comin, F., & Santos, M. A. dos (2010). Satisfação com a vida e satisfação diádica: Correlações entre construtos de bem-estar. Psico-USF, 15(2), 249-256.
Souza, L. K. de, & Hutz, C. S. (2007a). A qualidade da amizade: Adaptação e validação dos Questionários McGill. Aletheia, 25, 82-96.
Souza, L. K. de, & Hutz, C. S. (2007b). Diferenças de gênero na percepção da qualidade da amizade. Psico (PUCRS), 38, 125-132.
Souza, L. K. de, & Hutz, C. S. (2008a). Amizade na adultez: Fatores individuais, ambientais, situacionais e diádicos. Interação em Psicologia, 12(1), 77-85.
Souza, L. K. de, & Hutz, C. S. (2008b). Relacionamentos pessoais e sociais: Amizade em adultos. Psicologia em Estudo, 13(2), 257-265.
Watson, D., Clark, L. A., & Tellegen, A. (1988). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1063-1070.
Woyciekoski, C., Stenert, F., & Hutz, C. S. (2012). Determinantes do bem-estar subjetivo. Psico (PUCRS), 43(3), 280-288.
Wright, P. (1988). Interpreting research on gender differences in friendship: A case for moderation and a plea for caution. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 5(3), 367-373.
Zanon, C. (2011). Construção de uma escala de afetos e suas relações com os cinco grandes fatores da personalidade (Big Five). Tese de doutorado não-publicada. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre.
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2014-01-08
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Souza, L. K. de, & Duarte, M. G. (2014). Friendship and Subjective Well-Being. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 29(4), 429–436. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/18153
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