The Attributes of Friendship

Think of the significant friendships you have experienced in your life. In Chapter 7 of Intimate Relationships, the following “attributes of friendship” are presented for our consideration: Respect, trust, responsiveness, capitalization, social comparison, and social support.

• Which of these attributes are most important in your friendships and why?
• Are the attributes you have chosen as most important now the same as those you would have chosen earlier in your life?
• Please describe how or if what you value in friendship has changed or developed.