Examining context shifts' effect on relationship trajectories in friendships using Turning Point Theory

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ID2933332
AuthorsJess Dominguez (0000-0001-8443-3935, The University of Kansas, USA, corresponding author), Jeffrey A Hall (0000-0002-8252-3184, The University of Kansas, USA)
Year2020
Volume37
Issue6
Pages1892-1909
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407520909475
OpenAlexW3011259557
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

Drawing from Turning Point Theory, this study explores whether context shifts, which are changes in the location where a friendship is enacted, affect relationship trajectories and friendship closeness. Study 1A ( N = 120) experimentally manipulated invitations for context shifts in college friendships to test their effects on perceived relationship trajectory, social attraction, and closeness. Study 1B ( N = 112) replicated the results of Study 1A with working adults. Both studies' results suggest that context-variable shifts lead to a change in perceived relationship trajectory but did not influence social attraction or closeness. In Study 2, first-year students ( N = 98) reported on turning points in their friendships twice over 9 weeks. Friendships reporting context-variable shifts as a turning point were associated with higher friendship closeness than relationships that had no turning points and similar closeness as friendships that reported self-disclosure as a turning point

Affect (linguistics · Closeness · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Friendship · Geography · Period (music · Physics · Turning point · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Communication · Mathematics · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology

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