The Impact of One Book About Friendship in the Lives of Readers

Abstract

Research shows the benefits quality friendships have throughout humans’ lives. Recent scientific literature focuses on social impact. However, the social impact of reading and dialoguing about a book about friendship is not explored. This study aims to analyze the impact of “Creative Friendships” in the lives of participants and their surroundings. Using communicative methodology, based on dialogical co-creation from the start, it includes 30 participants from diverse backgrounds and ages through individual interviews, a focus group and the observation of two dialogic seminars. Results show how reading and discussing the book impacted participants’ views of beauty, goodness, truth, and freedom.

Impact on mental health and well-being of the dialogic literary gathering among women in a primary healthcare centre

“…Research has shown that the key to a healthy and happy life relies on quality relationships (Gómez et al, 2022 ; Mineo, 2017 ). Indeed, there is a wealth of scientific literature on the impact of strong social relationships and friendships on wellbeing and health, both physical and mental (Bosle et al, 2022 ; Gan & Best, 2021 ; Glaser et al, 2023 ).…”