Predicting Responses To Bids For Sexual And Romantic Escalation In Cross-Sex Friendships

Keywords

cross-sex friends; dating relationships; friends with benefits; interaction adaptation theory

Abstract

The transition from a platonic cross-sex friendship to a more intimate sexual and/or romantic relationship is an interesting, yet somewhat understudied, phenomenon. In this study, we introduce and test relationship adaptation theory to predict cross-sex friends' predispositions for reciprocating a bid for escalation to an exclusive dating or friends with benefits (FWB) relationship. Analyses of data collected from 288 participants found participants' dating status, anticipated rewards from escalating the relationship, expected social disapproval, friendship quality, and their friend's attractiveness predicted disposition to reciprocating a cross-sex friend's hypothetical bid for escalation to an exclusive romantic escalation. In addition, participants' biological sex, anticipated rewards from escalating the relationship, expected social disapproval, sexual permissiveness, and their friend's attractiveness emerged as predictors of disposition toward a friend's hypothetical bid to escalate a platonic friendship to a FWB relationship.

Publication Date

1-2-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Social Psychology

Volume

156

Issue

1

Number of Pages

98-114

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2015.1066296

Socpus ID

84939533165 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84939533165

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