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What’s love got to do with it? Exploring the impact of maintenance rules, love attitudes, and network support on friends with benefits relationships

Hughes, Mikayla, Morrison, Kelly, Asada, Kelli Jean K.·2005·Western Journal of Communication
DOI 10.1080/10570310500034154
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Abstract

Friends with benefits relationships (FWBRs) are defined as relationships between cross‐sex friends in which the friends engage in sexual activity but do not define their relationship as romantic. Relationship scholars have only recently begun to examine these relationships, despite their mention in the popular media (e.g., HBO's ‘Sex in the City,’ MTV's ‘True Life,’ ‘Seinfeld,’ and the New York Times). This study explored the relationship between FWBRs and maintenance rules, love attitudes, and network communication and support. Respondents (N = 143) completed self‐report surveys in which they described their FWBRs, their perceived rules for maintenance, perceptions of same‐sex network communication and support, and the current status of their FWBRs. They also completed the short form of the love attitude scale (Hendrick, Hendrick, & Dicke, Citation1998). The findings suggest that people tend to communicate their FWBR experiences to their same‐sex friends and, in general, receive supportive responses. Although attitudes toward love (e.g., agape) did not impact rules for maintenance of FWBRs, attitudes toward love did influence motivations for FWBRs and the outcomes of these relationships.

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Authors
Hughes, M., Morrison, K., & Asada, K. J. K.
Affiliations
Michigan State University (US)
ORCID
Morrison, Kelly
Venue
Western Journal of Communication
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2005-01
Volume
69
Issue
1
Pages
49-66
ISSN
  • 1057-0314 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-1027
DOI
10.1080/10570310500034154
OpenAlex
W1982529238
Cited by
174
References
43
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Western Journal of Communication (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
friends with benefits, attitudes toward love, agape, social support, relationship motivation, relationship outcomes

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