Friendship Quality and Subjective Well-Being: A Comparative Study on Adolescents and Young Adults

Abstract

“A friend to all is a friend to none”, by Aristotle is one set quality a friend has. Friendship, like any other relationship plays an important role in a person’s Self esteem, social support and the growth of the people. It is the relationship which enhance happiness (Leibowitz, 2018). This research study aims to understand the relationship between friendship quality and subjective well-being, comparing adolescents (age 12-18) and young adults (age 19-26). Friendship Quality was measured using McGill Friendship Questionnaire – Friend functions was used and for subjective well being, Satisfaction with Life Scale and SPANE was used. The questionnaires were distributed via offline and online mode (n=63). The result showed that there is no significant difference among the adolescents and young adults in their friendship quality and subjective well being but some of the friendship quality components were shown significantly correlated with negative affect component of Subjective well being. Further studies need to be done to understand the relationship better.