The Role of Friendship in Modern Teenagers’ Life
The article considers the most relevant problem of adolescence, the development of identity. The aim of this article is to reveals the role of friendship in teenagers’ life. A friend becomes a “significant other” and meets the need for understanding. Friendship has a great psychological importance in modern teenagers’ life as a type of emotional affection, which teaches teenagers to find themselves, make interpersonal contacts and understand other people. Modern teenagers add virtual communication to real one. Virtual communication helps teenagers to be more confident when socializing with peers.