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Morman, Mark T.; Floyd, Kory

doi:10.1023/a:1018885417249

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“…First, relational satisfaction is defined as perceptions of relational quality, happiness, and adjustment (Hendrick, Dicke, & Hendrick, 1998). There are known benefits of expressing affection, including increased relational satisfaction in marriages (Morman & Floyd, 1999) and friendships (Floyd & Morman, 1997). There is inconsistency, though, in findings regarding the contributions of falsifying emotions on relationship satisfaction.…”

Section: Group Differences In Deceptive Affection and Relational Outcmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deceptive Affection Across Relational Contexts: A Group Comparison of Romantic Relationships, Cross-Sex Friendships, and Friends With Benefits Relationships

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Horstman

Hesse

2019

Communication Research

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Communicating affection is important for developing and maintaining relationships; yet, it can be risky when it is used deceptively. Grounded in affection exchange theory (AET), the purpose of the present study is to test how types of deceptive affection—or incongruity between affection felt and expressed—predicts relational health differently across three relational contexts: romantic relationships (RRs), cross-sex friendships (CSFs), and friends with benefits relationships (FWBRs). Multiple group analyses using structural equation modeling ( n = 526 college students) revealed varying relational types provide both intensified and withheld affection, with FWBRs experiencing both types of deceptive affection the most. Furthermore, intensified affection is positively related to relational health outcomes in RRs, and withheld affection negatively predicts relational health in FWBRs. Findings suggest that differences exist between relational types and both types of deceptive affection and relational health. Theoretical implications for expanding AET Postulates 3 and 5 are discussed.

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Section: Group Differences In Deceptive Affection and Relational Outcmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deceptive Affection Across Relational Contexts: A Group Comparison of Romantic Relationships, Cross-Sex Friendships, and Friends With Benefits Relationships

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Horstman

Hesse

2019

Communication Research

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“…This is also the pattern for PRCA (Demir and Davidson 2013;Gable et al 2006). Numerous explanations have been offered to account for this well-established pattern ranging from gender role orientations (Wright and Scanlon 1991) and expectations (Barbee et al 1993) to homophobia towards gay men (Bank and Hansford 2000) and emotional restraint of men (Morman and Floyd 1998) [for a detailed account of different approaches for gender differences in friendship see Winstead et al (1997)]. …”

Section: Gender Differences In Friendship Experiences and Happinessmentioning

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My Friends Are My Estate: Friendship Experiences Mediate the Relationship Between Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts and Happiness

2016

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Emerging adults share the positive events in their lives with their friends, a process that is related to higher levels of happiness when they perceive their friends' responses as more positive and less negative. What might explain this association? The four studies (N = 2997) in this research tested the proposal that positive friendship experiences mediate the relationship between perceived responses to capitalization attempts (PRCA) and happiness. Study 1 showed that same-sex friendship quality mediated the relationship between PRCA and happiness. Study 2 supported the model for cross-sex friendships. Study 3 tested the generalizability of the model for the immediate social network of emerging adults and showed that the model was only applicable to best friendships. Study 4 documented that satisfaction of basic psychological needs in a samesex friendship was another mediator of the PRCA-happiness link. Although the friendship experiences and PRCA scores of women were higher compared to men in every study, the associations of PRCA with friendship experiences and happiness were generally similar and the model was supported for both men and women. The implications of the findings were discussed and suggestions for future research were provided.

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“…Does the target or audience see this as a strictly platonic expression of affection, or do they interpret it as a homosexual tendency or gesture? Several researchers have suggested that a man's expressions of affection toward a male friend might be viewed as inappropriate because of possible homosexual attributions (Monroe et al, 1997;Morman & Floyd, 1998;Roese, Olson, Borenstein, Martin, & Shores, 1992). It appears that women's affectionate expressions toward other women may be viewed as more appropriate and less likely to elicit homosexual attributions.…”

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Perceptions of Affectionate Communication Among People with Unfavorable and Favorable Attitudes Toward Homosexuality

Brantley-Hill

Brinthaupt

2014

Journal of Homosexuality

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People are sometimes hesitant to communicate affection if it might be misinterpreted by the intended receiver or an audience. We hypothesized that anti-gay/-lesbian attitudes might negatively affect the perceived appropriateness of expressing affection. One hundred and twenty male and female undergraduates with either very high or very low levels of anti-gay/-lesbian attitudes participated in the study. They rated the appropriateness of expressing affection toward same- and other-sex targets in a set of 2 (public or private setting) × 3 (positive, neutral, or negative valence) scenarios. Results supported a "generalized inhibition" effect, with high levels of anti-gay/-lesbian attitudes associated with a reluctance to express affection regardless of target, setting, valence, or current relationship status. Implications for research on affectionate expression and anti-gay/-lesbian attitudes are presented.

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Cited by 46 publications

References 19 publications

Deceptive Affection Across Relational Contexts: A Group Comparison of Romantic Relationships, Cross-Sex Friendships, and Friends With Benefits Relationships

Deceptive Affection Across Relational Contexts: A Group Comparison of Romantic Relationships, Cross-Sex Friendships, and Friends With Benefits Relationships

My Friends Are My Estate: Friendship Experiences Mediate the Relationship Between Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts and Happiness

Perceptions of Affectionate Communication Among People with Unfavorable and Favorable Attitudes Toward Homosexuality

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