TY - JOUR
T1 - Be There For Me and I Will Be There For You
T2 - Friendship Maintenance Mediates the Relationship Between Capitalization and Happiness
AU - Demir, Melikşah
AU - Tyra, Alexandra
AU - Özen-Çıplak, Ayça
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/2/15
Y1 - 2019/2/15
N2 - Friends share positive events with each other, and the perception of the responses as active and constructive (i.e., enthusiastic) is related to happiness. Two studies (N = 685) investigated friendship maintenance (FM) in same-sex best friendships as the mediator of the relationship between perceived responses to capitalization attempts (PRCA) and happiness. Results in both studies showed that PRCA was positively related to FM, and that FM explained why PRCA was associated with happiness, even when different measures of happiness were utilized. Although women reported higher levels of PRCA and FM compared to men, the associations of the friendship experiences with happiness were similar and the model was supported for both women and men. The results are discussed in terms of the importance of understanding the role of friendship experiences in the capitalization process. Also, directions for future research were provided.
AB - Friends share positive events with each other, and the perception of the responses as active and constructive (i.e., enthusiastic) is related to happiness. Two studies (N = 685) investigated friendship maintenance (FM) in same-sex best friendships as the mediator of the relationship between perceived responses to capitalization attempts (PRCA) and happiness. Results in both studies showed that PRCA was positively related to FM, and that FM explained why PRCA was associated with happiness, even when different measures of happiness were utilized. Although women reported higher levels of PRCA and FM compared to men, the associations of the friendship experiences with happiness were similar and the model was supported for both women and men. The results are discussed in terms of the importance of understanding the role of friendship experiences in the capitalization process. Also, directions for future research were provided.
KW - Bootstrapping
KW - Friendship maintenance
KW - Happiness
KW - Perceived responses to capitalization attempts
KW - Same-sex friendship
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U2 - 10.1007/s10902-017-9957-8
DO - 10.1007/s10902-017-9957-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040325755
SN - 1389-4978
VL - 20
SP - 449
EP - 469
JO - Journal of Happiness Studies
JF - Journal of Happiness Studies
IS - 2
ER -