Social relationships
When defined on a broader sense, social relationships can refer to the connections or bonding that exist between people who are found to have recurring interactions that are observed by the participants who shares personal meaning. This definition is inclusive of relationships that exists between family members, peers, neighbors, coworkers, and all other associates but mostly excludes social contacts and interactions which are impermanent, incidental, fleeting, or perceived to have only limited significance, for instance, time-limited interactions with the one who provides service or retail employees. Researchers, who are interested in behavioral medicine usually emphasize upon the informal social relationships that are of immense importance in a person’s life, or important in the person’s social network, rather than those of the formal relationships, such as the one a person develops with lawyers, therapists, physicians, or clergy. These are areas of interesting research and delve with societal aspects of psychology.