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Study: 55 reasons why friendships between people end

Study: 55 reasons why friendships between people end

Friendships are a very important phenomenon, but also complex at the same time. They offer us a source of immense pleasure. But sometimes, when we face the end of a friendship, it causes us a lot of pain .

In a new study published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, researchers conducted semi-structured 40-minute interviews with 20 participants (average age 35) in a university lab. A total of 2 studies were conducted, which aimed to understand why people end their friendships.

The first study consisted of lengthy interviews conducted by researchers. It was just over

each interview, an open survey was conducted on the subject, asking the same participants to list as many reasons as possible why a friendship ends, in order to further confirm the answers without a researcher present, and the embarrassment that may have brought this thing. The following 55 reasons were revealed, structured in 4 major categories.

He sees only his own interest.

I realized that he is happy with my failures, and is overwhelmed by my successes.

My friend does not care about me.

He has a humiliating attitude towards me.

My friend just takes from me, without giving anything in return.

It does not require a real friendship.

He did not support me in difficult times.

He has an insulting attitude towards me.

There is a lack of reciprocity.

I can not rely on him.

We do not get along well when we are together.

It does not try to cultivate our friendship.

He is not a man of sacrifice.

Bring out the worst in me.

He always gets s is granted.

Lack of frequent interaction

We lost our connections because of daily life.

We live very far from each other.

I do not have enough time to maintain this friendship.

We have no common interests.

We have different priorities in life.

Our characters are incompatible.

There were some misunderstandings between us.

Involvement in a romantic relationship

My friend showed a romantic interest in his partner.

Began to show a romantic interest in me.

He was involved in a love affair with someone who interested me.

Perceptions of friends and family

My family does not like it.

My partner does not like it.

He is addicted to narcotics.

Has an unstable behavior.

Has poor personal hygiene .

It pushes me towards things that are not good for me.

A follow-up study conducted on 557 participants (with an average age of 31.6 years for women and 34.8 years for men) asked participants to assess the possibility of each of the 55 reasons why they might end a friendship.

The most significant factors in ending a friendship were found to be selfishness in general , and that they were more likely to end the friendship, those who saw only their own interests, who were not supporters of the friend, who were dishonest, and who were just taking without giving.

Second, participants expressed that they would end a friendship based on distance, due to lack of time and common interests. Women were more likely than men to cite selfishness as the reason, or cases where the friend was not supportive, or manipulative, or when a friend showed a romantic interest or was romantically involved with someone they liked, bringing with them the end of a friendship. Conversely, men were more likely than women to show physical distance as a reason to terminate a friendship.

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