Quoted: Janice McCabe in BBC

"We see ourselves through our friends, so we see and figure out the 'kind of person' we are through thinking about and talking about our friends," says the associate professor of sociology.

Can Gen Z make friends in the pandemic era?

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230201-can-gen-z-make-friends-in-the-pandemic-era?ocid=global_worklife_rss&utm_source=Dartmouth+News+Today&utm_campaign=6b76f1df80-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_02_06_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-6b76f1df80-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D