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qualities, but consider the perspective of both relationship partners and/ or behav-
ioral observations.
To conclude, we discussed the nature of friendships in young and middle adult-
hood, and the reciprocal influences with people’s personality over time. Beyond
a comprehensive summary of the current knowledge in friendship research, we
thus hope to have encouraged future research to incorporate more complex study
designs, as advances in understanding friendships are most likely gained from
understanding dyadic friendship processes and the interdependencies between
friendships and other social relationships longitudinally.
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