TY - JOUR
T1 - Affectionate communication in nonromantic relationships
T2 - Influences of communicator, relational, and contextual factors
AU - Floyd, Kory
AU - Morman, Mark T.
PY - 1997/9/1
Y1 - 1997/9/1
N2 - Despite its importance for healthy relational development, the overt communication of affection is inherently risk-laden and subject to normative expectancies for appropriateness. The present study examines a number of individual, relational, and contextual factors that individually and collectively influence the perceived appropriateness of communicating affection in nonromantic dyadic relationships. An experiment involving 386 subjects was conducted to assess the influence of biological sex, sex composition, relational type, and the privacy and emotional intensity of interactive contexts. Predictions regarding their influence were substantially supported.
AB - Despite its importance for healthy relational development, the overt communication of affection is inherently risk-laden and subject to normative expectancies for appropriateness. The present study examines a number of individual, relational, and contextual factors that individually and collectively influence the perceived appropriateness of communicating affection in nonromantic dyadic relationships. An experiment involving 386 subjects was conducted to assess the influence of biological sex, sex composition, relational type, and the privacy and emotional intensity of interactive contexts. Predictions regarding their influence were substantially supported.
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U2 - 10.1080/10570319709374578
DO - 10.1080/10570319709374578
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031485940
SN - 1057-0314
VL - 61
SP - 279
EP - 298
JO - Western Journal of Communication
JF - Western Journal of Communication
IS - 3
ER -