Rewards and Costs in Adolescent Other‐sex Friendships

Comparisons to Same‐sex Friendships and Romantic Relationships

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12686013
AutoresLaura Shaffer Hand (University of Denver, autor correspondente), Wyndol Furman (University of Denver)
Ano2008
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas270-287
Data de publicação2008-07-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1467-9507 • E-ISSN: 0961-205X
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00499.x
OpenAlexW2161961272
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26
Referências citadas28

This study used a social exchange framework to examine the features of non‐romantic other‐sex (OS) friendships compared with same‐sex (SS) friendships and romantic relationships. High school seniors (N = 141) completed open‐ended interviews about the benefits and costs of having OS friendships, SS friendships, and romantic relationships in general. As expected, perspective taking, learning about the other sex, and meeting the other sex were seen as rewards of OS friendships more often than for SS friendships and romantic relationships. Confusion about the nature of the relationship was seen as a cost of OS friendships more often than of SS friendships and romantic relationships. Intimacy, support, and companionship were mentioned less often as rewards of OS friendships than romantic relationships. Adolescents also completed questionnaires about their own specific relationships of each type. Their OS friendships were perceived as less supportive than their other two relationships; OS friendships were also seen as having fewer negative interactions than romantic relationships. Our findings expand the application of social exchange theory and lend empirical support to prior speculations about OS friendships and their importance in adolescents' social worlds

Developmental psychology · Friendship · Interpersonal relationship · Perspective (graphical · Romance · Social exchange theory · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Social Psychology