friendship (in english)

Friendship or friendship is a term that describes the behavior of cooperation and mutual support between two or more social entities. This article focuses on a unique understanding of interpersonal relationships. In this sense, the term "friendship" describes a relationship that involves the knowledge, appreciation and affection. Friends will welcome the presence of others and shows loyalty to one another, often to the altruism. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they enjoy the activities they enjoy. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and help each other in trouble. Friend is one who exhibits behavior berbalasan and reflective. But for many, friendship is often nothing more than the belief that someone or something will not harm or hurt them.
The value contained in friendships is often what is produced when a friend showed consistently:
tendency to want what is best for each other.
sympathy and empathy.
honesty, perhaps in the circumstances that are difficult for others to speak the truth.
mutual understanding.
Often there is a presumption that a true friend could express the deepest feelings, which may not be disclosed, except in circumstances which are very difficult, when they came to help. Compared with personal relationships, friendship is considered closer than just acquaintances, even in friendship or acquaintance relationship between the level of intimacy are different. For many, the friendships and relationships between acquaintances are in the same continuum.
The main disciplines studying friendship are sociology, anthropology and zoology. Various theories of friendship have been proposed, among which are social psychology, social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and the level of familiarity.