We all know that friendships can be complicated. In this episode I look at why they can be important to health, how they change over the years and the different types of friendship.

Links:

Childhood friendships and adult health: https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/22/3/378/507548

Meaningful interactions in younger people (conclusion is interesting): https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.617267/full

Friendship jealousy and social media:

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/INTR-02-2020-0103/full/html. (Listen to my episode on jealousy too)

The nun study and Alzheimers: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734290/

Reciprocity in friendship: https://psychcentral.com/lib/fairness-and-reciprocity-in-friendships#2

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Friendships - why true friends are so important