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Antecedents and Consequences of Adult Play in Romantic Relationships
Author(s) -
Aune Krystyna S.,
Wong Norman C. H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/1475-6811.00019
Subject(s) - romance , psychology , snowball sampling , path analysis (statistics) , social psychology , experience sampling method , developmental psychology , test (biology) , structural equation modeling , psychoanalysis , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , medicine , biology
This study introduces and reports an initial test of a theoretical model of play in romantic relationships. It was hypothesized that self–esteem and humor orientation would be positively associated with playfulness in romantic relationships. Playfulness in romantic relationships was predicted to be positively associated with the experience of positive emotion. Positive emotion, in turn, was predicted to be associated with relationship satisfaction. A self–report instrument was administered to students and community members via snowball sampling. Path analysis revealed that the data were consistent with the proposed model.