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Behavior expectations in cross‐sex friendships, same‐sex friendships, and romantic relationships

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ID18980321
AuthorsRobert W Fuhrman (The University of Texas at San Antonio, corresponding author), Dorothy Flannagan (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Mike Matamoros (The University of Texas at San Antonio)
Year2009
Volume16
Issue4
Pages575-596
Publication date2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePersonal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4126 • E-ISSN: 1475-6811
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01240.x
OpenAlexW2044271532
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited48

In 2 studies, university students from the United States rated the importance of 43 behavior expectations about their cross‐sex friends, same‐sex friends and romantic partners. In Study 1, all 399 participants had a current romantic partner, whereas in Study 2, romantic partner status varied across the 165 participants. Participants always rated their expectations for romantic partners higher than for either type of friend, and expectations for behaviors promoting emotional closeness were always rated higher than expectations about behaviors promoting social companionship or relationship positivity. In Study 2, expectations for cross‐sex friends were rated lower and more similar to same‐sex friends when participants had a current romantic partner than when they did not

Closeness · Developmental psychology · Friendship · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Romance · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology

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