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Friend support of dating relationships: Comparing relationship type, friend and partner perspectives
Author(s) -
DAILEY RENÉ M.,
BRODY NICHOLAS,
KNAPP JESSICA
Publication year - 2015
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/pere.12086
Subject(s) - friendship , psychology , openness to experience , social psychology , perception , positive relationship , dating violence , developmental psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medicine , environmental health , domestic violence , neuroscience
This study assessed the role of friends in dating relationships, comparing on–off and noncyclical relationships. Participants ( N = 460) reported on the friend most familiar with their current or recent dating relationship. We examined friend support of and influence on the dating relationship and the influence of the dating relationship on the friendship. Participants' friends ( N = 98) completed a similar survey to compare participants' and friends' perceptions. On–off partners reported less support for the dating relationship than did noncyclical partners. On–off partners also reported greater openness, whereas friends reported greater frequency, of communicating about the dating relationship. Friends also felt the relationship changed the friendship more; friends of on–off partners in particular reported more positive change to their friendship.