Previous research has demonstrated that, presumably as a way to protect one's current romantic relationship, individuals involved in a heterosexual romantic relationship tend to give lower attractiveness ratings to attractive opposite-sex others as compared to uninvolved individuals (i.e., the derogation...
Romantic relationship status biases memory of faces of attrac- tive opposite-sex others: evidence from a reverse-correlation paradigm. Cognition. 2011; 121(3): 422- 426. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.07.008 PMID: 21903209Karremans JC, Dotsch R, Corneille O. 2011. Romantic relationship status ...
Romantic relationship quality is an important factor for well-being. Most research on romantic relationships is based on heterosexual couples, but studies of different types of dyads showed that relationship functioning among same-sex couples is similar to that among heterosexual couples. However, a fe...
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Participants were asked to rate their relationship satisfaction on a 9-point Likert-type scale. Although a general FTO was adaptive in terms of romantic relationships, a high concern for future commitment to a romantic relationship had a negative effect on reported relationship satisfaction. Research ...
Androgynous, sex-typed, and undifferentiated high school males and females were asked to rate opposite-sex androgynous, sex-typed, and undifferentiated stimulus persons on both platonic and romantic liking measures. The sex-role attributes of the perceiver did not importantly mediate preferences. However...
Opposite-sex friendships got big attention in the 1989 Nora Ephron romantic comedy“When Harry Met Sally,” one of my all-time favorite movies about a divorced man and a woman (played by Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan) who develop a meaningful platonic friendship and struggle with attraction and...
Using a national sample drawn from Add Health (N 13,570), family structure at Wave I was associated with the likelihood that adolescents were involved in a romantic relationship at Wave II and, among those in a relationship, the number of relationships they had since Wave I. Cumulative ...
"Opposites attract". This saying has been on the lips of a lot of people, but is it really true? Well, some people think that it could be true. While most people believe that dating someone who compliments your personality is the key to a successful relationship. ...
Since women's friendships are typically "face-to-face" while those of men are considered to be "side-by- side," these differences can create hurdles for women and men who befriend each other. Another obstacle to opposite-sex friendships is that a romantic attraction can develop. Although ...