The Meaning of Believing in Close Friends of Students

Abstract

The relationship that exists between individuals is one of them is a friendship and can develop into a close friend. The relationship is based on trust in each other so that it can establish a closeness. The majority of students like to be very close to happy friends. Students who depend on early adulthood, with different personalities and with different marital status, believe in trust in close friends will be different. Objective: This study aims to discuss and describe how students pay attention to trust in close friends. Method: The research method used was qualitative, by discussing constructive realism, the research subjects were 60 students aged 20-28 years. Data was collected using an open questionnaire and the results of the FGD. Then the research data is analyzed by combining the results of data text categorization. Results: The results of the study using an open questionnaire produced seven categorizations. About things that make you believe in close friends, namely: support, care, listeners who are good, cool, open and patient. For the research data from the results, the FGD produced additional categories, namely the comfort category. Conclusion: students in this study interpret trust in close friends by believing, friends support, believe, become good listeners, then cool, open, patient, and comfortable.