Behavior expectations in cross‐sex friendships,same‐sex friendships,and romantic relationships |
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| Authors: | ROBERT W FUHRMAN DOROTHY FLANNAGAN MIKE MATAMOROS |
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| Institution: | 1. The University of Texas at San Antonio;2. Robert W. Fuhrman, Dorothy Flannagan, and Mike Matamoros, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at San Antonio. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract 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. |
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