1. A friendship requires reciprocal self-disclosure.
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2. In general, men’s friendships are mostly communal.
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3. Most people prefer face-to-face communication for discussing personal topics with their friends.
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4. Research has shown that, on average, most people have six close friends.
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5. Lack of opportunities to perform activities together is a factor that may hinder the development of cross-sex friendships among children in North America.
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6. Valued social identities are the aspects of your public self that you deem the most important in defining who you are.
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7. A person who has experienced an intercultural friendship in the past is less likely to seek similar relationships in the future.
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8. Friends-with-benefits (FWB) usually outlast the strongest of friendships.
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9. Friendships are more important to women than to men.
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10. We have greater liberty in choosing our friends than we do in choosing partners for any other relationship type.
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11. An agentic friendship is one in which friends focus on achieving practical goals.
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12. Friends who want their friends to always stay the same enjoy more long-term relationships than those who feel differently.
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13. Women are more likely than men to report more of a desire for romantic involvement with their platonic friends.
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14. Both men and women have similar reasons for seeking FWB relationships.
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15. Best friends provide identity support to each other over time.
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