TY - JOUR
T1 - An empirical comparison of back burners, hookups, and friends with benefits relationships in young adults
AU - Dibble, Jayson L.
AU - Drouin, Michelle
AU - Punyanunt-Carter, Narissra M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Eastern Communication Association.
PY - 2019/10/20
Y1 - 2019/10/20
N2 - The current research locates back burners on the spectrum of human sexual and relational behavior by examining an array of dimensions that might highlight both similarities and differences between back burners and two other casual sexual relational experiences (CSREs), friends with benefits relationships and hookups. An experiment (N = 327) revealed that participants reported more sex with friends with benefits and hookups than with back burners. No differences emerged for friendship strength, relationship closeness, passion, commitment, frequency of communication, or willingness to self-disclose. Conceptual distinctions between these relationship types may be experimenter-created and not reflective of the fluidity of these definitions in young adults.
AB - The current research locates back burners on the spectrum of human sexual and relational behavior by examining an array of dimensions that might highlight both similarities and differences between back burners and two other casual sexual relational experiences (CSREs), friends with benefits relationships and hookups. An experiment (N = 327) revealed that participants reported more sex with friends with benefits and hookups than with back burners. No differences emerged for friendship strength, relationship closeness, passion, commitment, frequency of communication, or willingness to self-disclose. Conceptual distinctions between these relationship types may be experimenter-created and not reflective of the fluidity of these definitions in young adults.
KW - Back Burners
KW - Casual Sexual
KW - Friends With Benefits
KW - Hookups
KW - Relationships
KW - Relationships
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074848628&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08824096.2019.1683530
DO - 10.1080/08824096.2019.1683530
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074848628
SN - 0882-4096
VL - 36
SP - 415
EP - 425
JO - Communication Research Reports
JF - Communication Research Reports
IS - 5
ER -