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10.5.2 Beyond the family : friendships :
 
Family where relationships begin and attachment styles 
develop generally have close relationships among themselves. 
However, close relationships extend beyond family. A close 
friendship is a relationship where people spend great deal of time 
together, interact in variety of situations, are self-disclosing and 
provide mutual and emotional support. Having friends or not has 
become a social qualification and a loner is described as person 
having no friends. Friends are an integral part of our life. It is seen 
as a source of practical and emotional support. Generally it can be 
understood that the individuals who elicits positive effect can 
become close friends. 
Gender difference is seen in friendships. We will find two 
females discussing more on the topics of their interests than males. 
It is observed that male gets attracted towards females thinking that 
eventually their relationship will result in sexual interactions, if not 
then males eventually end the relationship. In contrast females look 
for protective role from males and eventually ends up the 
relationship if she finds nothing as expected in the relationship. 
 
10.6 LET US SUM UP : 
 
In this topic we have emphasised on the interpersonal 
attraction specifically the factors responsible for attraction. We have 
come across some internal factors like affect-emotional state and 
external factors like proximity and similarity among individuals 
responsible for attraction. However, we have also discussed that 
mutual responses can also play a significant role in attraction. 
Close relationships begins in the family right from the infancy as a 
result of interaction with the family members where mother, father, 
grand parents and siblings influence such relationship significantly.