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| Title |
Negotiating a Friends with Benefits Relationship
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, September 2007
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-007-9211-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Melissa A. Bisson, Timothy R. Levine |
| Abstract |
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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 43% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 212 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 201 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 50 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 36 | 17% |
| Unknown | 48 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 88 | 42% |
| Social Sciences | 32 | 15% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 7 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 20 | 9% |
| Unknown | 53 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 August 2022.
All research outputs
#1,474,138
of 25,028,065 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#744
of 3,682 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,749
of 77,075 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#5
of 27 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,682 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 32.8. This one has done well, scoring higher than 79% of its peers.
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