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Speaking of Psychology

Encore -- Why is it so hard for adults to make friends? With Marisa Franco, PhD

33 min • 30 juli 2025

As an adult, making new friends—and maintaining old friendships—can be tough. Life is busy and friends end up taking a backseat to other relationships and responsibilities. Marisa Franco, PhD, psychologist and friendship expert, talks about how to make new friends and strengthen and rekindle old friendship ties, why Americans’ friendship networks are shrinking, the differences between men’s and women’s friendships, and more.

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En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.

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