Friendship, Need Satisfaction and Happiness

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Close adult friendships, gender, and the life cycle (2015, result): “This is reasonably consistent with the recent estimates of number of close friends (Demir, Orthel, & Andelin, 2013; Demir & Özdemir, 2010).”
The Role of Friends and Peers in Adolescent Body Dissatisfaction: A Review and Critique of 15 Years of Research (2014, unknown): “Research shows that friendships early in life can have many benefits, such as promoting happiness through need fulfillment and enhancement of adaptive functioning later in life (Bagwell, Newcomb, & Bukowski, 1998; Demir & Ozdemir, 2010).”
Toward a Better Understanding of the Relationship Between Friendship and Happiness: Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts, Feelings of Mattering, and Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs in Same-Sex Best Friendships as Predictors of Happiness (2012, background): “opposite-sex friendships (Monsour 2002), and may even consider them as their best friends, an overwhelming majority of young adults’ best and several closest friends are same-sex (Demir et al. 2007; Demir and Özdemir 2010; Sheets and Lugar 2005).”
University Students’ Subjective Well-being: The Role of Autonomy Support from Parents, Friends, and the Romantic Partner (2012, unknown): “Hence, to the extent that individuals’ needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are met, they should experience SWB (e.g., Demir and Ozdemir 2010; Howell et al. 2011; also see Tay and Diener 2011).”