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ArticleThe British journal of social psychology2026

Friendships are more group-oriented in the United Kingdom than in Japan.

Philip Howlett, Gülseli Baysu, Tomas Jungert, Anthony P Atkinson, Shushi Namba, Wataru Sato, Kumpei Mizuno, Magdalena Rychlowska

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8 authors.

Philip HowlettDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1288-562X
Gülseli BaysuSchool of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6298-0946
Tomas JungertDepartment of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Anthony P AtkinsonDepartment of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
Shushi NambaDepartment of Psychology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Wataru SatoPsychological Process Research Team, RIKEN, Soraku-gun, Japan.
Kumpei MizunoDepartment of Education, Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo, Japan.
Magdalena RychlowskaSchool of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.

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Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Friendship is a common and complex social bond. Among friendship practices yet to be fully understood are group- versus dyadic-oriented friendship styles, or whether people socialize with one versus multiple friends at a time. We report two studies comparing friendship styles and relational mobility among 1674 young adults (18-35 years old) in Japan and the United Kingdom. Respondents from both countries completed the Friendship Habits Questionnaire, a new measure of dyadic- versus group-oriented friendship styles. Participants also estimated their friendship group size and time spent in friendship groups versus dyads, and completed a scale of relational mobility. Participants' group-oriented friendship style, assessed with the Friendship Habits Questionnaire, was associated with larger friendship groups and more time spent in groups, rather than dyads of friends. Compared to Japanese, participants from the United Kingdom had more group-oriented friendship styles and were more relationally mobile. Moreover, group-oriented friendship styles were associated with higher relational mobility. These findings provide insights into models of friendship and social relationships promoted across diverse cultural settings.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonFriendsInterpersonal RelationsAdolescentAdultFemaleGroup DynamicsHumansJapanMaleSocial GroupUnited KingdomYoung Adultculturefriendshipgroupsrelational mobilitysocializing

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