The emotions associated with civic friendship: a psychoeducational perspective

Abstract

The lack of social cohesion is a challenge for societies in our socio-political and cultural context. Although it is ambivalent, a way of promoting social cohesion is cultivating civic friendship. The aim of this article is twofold: to analyze the emotions associated with civic friendship, according to a hierarchical model presented by the authors; and to propose guidelines for its educational implementation, through actions that precede or goes hand in hand with the emotions. This work is theoretical and concludes that the specific emotions of civic friendship are the other-oriented emotions and that, paradoxically, being civic friendship an advantage friendship, it is educated by working on selfless emotions.