I am so Happy ’Cause Today I Found My Friend: Friendship and Personality as Predictors of Happiness

By M. Demir, Lesley A. Weitekamp. 2007

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Close Relationships and Happiness Among Emerging Adults (2010, background): “As for reliability, Diener et al. (1985) and others ( Demir and Weitekamp 2007; Pavot et al. 1991) reported moderate to strong internal consistency and test-retest reliability for the scale.”
In Good Company? A Multi-Study, Multi-Level Investigation of the Effects of Coworker Relationships on Employee Well-Being. (2010, background): “Evidence is accumulating, for example, that social relationships are an important predictor of well-being (Demir & Weitekamp, 2007), including health and longevity (Giles, Glonek, Luszcz, & Andrews, 2005).”
An upward spiral: Bidirectional associations between positive affect and positive aspects of close relationships across the life span (2015, background): “Further, having high quality friendships predicts subjective well-being above and beyond personality characteristics and the number of friends one has (Demır & Weitekamp, 2007).”
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): “Empirical research suggests that gender is not an important variable in predicting happiness (Demir and Weitekamp 2007; Diener et al. 2002).”
Friendship and Romantic Relationship Qualities in Emerging Adulthood: Differential Associations with Identity Development and Achieved Adulthood Criteria (2009, background): “considerable amounts of time with them (particularly their romantic partners; Collins and Laursen 2004), and qualities of both relationships have been associated with happiness (Demir 2008; Demir and Weitekamp 2006 ).”
Temperament and Happiness in Children (2010, background): “For instance, research on the relation between friendship quality and happiness first accounted for the influence of personality on happiness ( Demir and Weitekamp 2006 ).”
Personality and Friendship Satisfaction in Daily Life: Do Everyday Social Interactions Account for Individual Differences in Friendship Satisfaction? (2015, background): “29: 173–186 (2015) DOI: 10.1002/per than for romantic relationships (Demir & Weitekamp, 2007; Heller et al., 2004).”
Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children Aged 8–12 Years (2010, background): “Given the strong relation between happiness and personality, many studies now seek to determine whether variables of interest contribute to happiness beyond the influence of personality (e.g., Ciarrocchi and Deneke 2006; Demir and Weitekamp 2007 ).”
The Relationship Between Social Support and Subjective Well-Being Across Age (2014, background): “This may be because individuals who are more extraverted generally have more friends (e.g., Demir and Weitekamp 2007; Hills and Argyle 2001; Pollet et al. 2011) and thus additional opportunities to provide support.”
Please May I Have a Bike? Better Yet, May I Have a Hug? An Examination of Children’s and Adolescents’ Happiness (2009, background): “Studies with adult samples typically correlate happiness with life events such as employment and income (Andrews and Withey 1976; Bortner and Hultsch 1970; Bouazzaoui and Mullet 2005; Campbell et al. 1976; Cohn 1979; Cummins 2000; Vitterso et al. 2003), marital status and family (Glenn and Weaver 19”
Close adult friendships, gender, and the life cycle (2015, background): “But friendship quality is also important (Demir & Weitekamp, 2007).”
Friendship, Need Satisfaction and Happiness (2010, background): “Decades of empirical research and theoretical writing highlights the role of friendship in happiness (Argyle 2001; Demir and Weitekamp 2007 ).”