Friendship . . .is a virtue and is besides most necessary with a view to living. Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. –Aristotle Earlier this week, I lost the very first friend I made in college to cancer. Our relationship was one of the special […]
The Value of Friendship
WRITTEN BY: Jami Dellifield, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Hardin County
REVIEWED BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County
PHOTO CREDITS:
- Author's Pic Collage with pictures from Ohio Northern University Yearbook 1991
- Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/love-companionship-friendship-1808676/
SOURCES:
- US Dept of Health and Human Services https://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA-3716/SMA-3716.pdf
- http://rocket.csusb.edu/~tmoody/Friendship%20in%20Aristotle.html
- http://youth.gov/youth-topics/teen-dating-violence/characteristics
REFERENCES:
- Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2014 May;1316:1-17. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12315. Epub 2013 Dec 11. The neuroethology of friendship. Brent LJ1, Chang SW, Gariépy JF, Platt ML. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24329760
- US Dept. of Health and Human Services
- https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/healthy-relationships/friendships/index.html