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The Value of Friendship

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 […]

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

Friendships are Good for Your Health – but you already knew that

Though it may seem obvious, there is research supporting the connection between health and friendship. Here just some of the benefits of spending time with friends: Celebrate with you Support you Provide companionship and combat loneliness Increase your sense of belonging Improve your self-esteem Help you cope Boost your happiness Encourage you But do you know […]

WRITTEN BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County, Heart of Ohio EERA, heer.7@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Carmen Irving, M.A., CFLE, CYC-P, Healthy Relationships Program Specialist, OSU Extension FCS Administration, irving.31@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=friends&ex=1&AxInstalled=copy&Download=MP900442246&ext=JPG&c=0#ai:MP900442246|mt:2|
  • http://pixabay.com/en/human-women-laugh-cheerful-joy-495749/

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