What's love got to do with it? Exploring the impact of maintenance rules, love attitudes, and network support on friends with benefits relationships

Hughes, Mikayla; Morrison, Kelly; Asada, Kelli Jean K.

doi:10.1080/10570310500034154

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“…Ludus love style has the lowest internal consistency of 0.39 and this subscale needs to be reevaluated. The reliabilities for each subscale (except for Ludus love style) in this study were higher as compared to previous studies by White (2003) and Hughes et al (2005). (see Table 2) The results of the present study were consistent with findings by Bernardes et al (1999) and Hendrick dan Hendrick (1995).…”

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Investigating the Factor Structure of the Love Attitude Scale (LAS) with Malaysian Samples

Shahrazad¹,

Hoesni²,

Chong³

2012

ASS

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Love is an emotion often experienced by individuals involved in romantic relationships. As a result, love has become an important determining factor in entering marriage among couples. This experience of love may vary across individuals and cultures. Hence, love style measurement serves as an indicator in choosing appropriate partner. We investigate the reliability and validity of the Love Attitude Scale (LAS) in this study. This scale has 24 items which measures six love styles namely Eros, Ludus, Storge, Pragma, Mania and Agape. Respondents were 200 individuals ranging from 20-25 years old (100 male and 100 females). Respondents involved in this study were individuals with a partner and have experiences in love. Data were analyzed using alpha Cronbach analysis and factor analysis. Results from factorial analysis showed that the Love Attitude Scale succeeded in extracting six factors as suggested with 67.56% variance. The eigen values ranged from 1.04 to 4.44. Results showed medium high alpha Cronbach value for five dimensions, specifically, =0.79 for Eros, =0.87 for Storge, =0.82 for Pragma, =0.72 for Mania, and =0.83 for Agape. However, Ludus showed the lowest alpha Cronbach value which was =0.39. Findings indicated that this scale is appropriate for use in the Malaysian context and the love styles dimension as suggested by LAS is appropriate for cross cultural context.

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Investigating the Factor Structure of the Love Attitude Scale (LAS) with Malaysian Samples

Shahrazad¹,

Hoesni²,

Chong³

2012

ASS

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“…FWB combines the psychological intimacy of a friendship with the sexual intimacy of a romantic relationship while avoiding the ''romantic'' label (Hughes et al, 2005;Mongeau et al, 2003). Sexual activity with a friend distinguishes FWB from both ''hook-ups'' characterized by a single occurrence of sex between people who are acquaintances or strangers without the expectation of developing a relationship (Paul & Hayes, 2002;Paul, McManus, & Hayes, 2000) and traditional romantic relationships.…”

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“…This relationship has become known as ''friends with benefits'' (FWB). FWB relationships are commonplace among American college students (Afifi & Faulkner, 2000;Mongeau, Ramirez, & Vorell, 2003) and have received much attention in popular media (Hughes, Morrison, & Asada, 2005).…”

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Negotiating a Friends with Benefits Relationship

2007

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Friends with benefits (FWB) refers to "friends" who have sex. Study 1 (N = 125) investigated the prevalence of these relationships and why individuals engaged in this relationship. Results indicated that 60% of the individuals surveyed have had this type of relationship, that a common concern was that sex might complicate friendships by bringing forth unreciprocated desires for romantic commitment, and ironically that these relationships were desirable because they incorporated trust and comfort while avoiding romantic commitment. Study 2 (N = 90) assessed the relational negotiation strategies used by participants in these relationships. The results indicated that people in FWB relationships most often avoided explicit relational negotiation. Thus, although common, FWB relationships are often problematic for the same reasons that they are attractive.

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“…''Friends with benefits'' (FWB) is a new relational style that blends aspects of friendship and physical intimacy (prevalence rates range from approximately 33% to 60%; Afifi & Faulkner, 2000;Bisson & Levine, 2009;Glenn & Marquardt, 2001;Hughes, Morrison, & Asada, 2005;Puentes, Knox, & Zusman, 2008). Similar to traditional friendships, FWB relationships include mutual understanding, support, companionship, and bond ing through activities (Sprecher & Regan, 2002).…”

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Effects of Gender and Psychosocial Factors on “Friends with Benefits” Relationships Among Young Adults

Owen

Fincham

2010

Arch Sex Behav

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Friends with benefits relationships (FWB) are a blend of friendship and physical intimacy outside of a committed romantic relationship. This study examined young adults' (n = 889) engagement in, and reactions to, a FWB relationship in the past year based on their gender, psychological distress, alcohol use, and relationship attitudes. Men (54.3%) were more likely than women (42.9%) to report at least one FWB relationship and both men and women reported that FWB relationships were associated with more positive emotional reactions than negative ones although this difference was larger for men. Greater alcohol use was related to engaging in a FWB relationship and this relationship was stronger for women. Further, thoughtfulness about relationship decisions moderated the relationship between alcohol use and engaging in FWB relationships, and again this moderation effect was stronger for women than men. Young adults with more psychological distress and who felt constrained in the FWB relationship were more likely to report negative emotional reactions. Implications for psychoeducational programs and future research are offered.

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What's love got to do with it? Exploring the impact of maintenance rules, love attitudes, and network support on friends with benefits relationships

Cited by 132 publications

References 16 publications

Investigating the Factor Structure of the Love Attitude Scale (LAS) with Malaysian Samples

Investigating the Factor Structure of the Love Attitude Scale (LAS) with Malaysian Samples

Negotiating a Friends with Benefits Relationship

Effects of Gender and Psychosocial Factors on “Friends with Benefits” Relationships Among Young Adults

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