Human Communication. A Publication of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.327-346. The Perceived Benefits of the Friends with Benefits Relationship
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The friends with benefits relationship (FWBR) is a complex, opposite-sex friendship in which partners freely engage in sexual activity within the relationship, but do not interact as romantic partners, but rather as platonic friends. And while framed as apparently beneficial, the current study attempted to determine if, in fact, any relational benefits actually exist within the FWBR as compared to other platonic, opposite-sex friendships where no sexual activity occurs. Undergraduate students (N = 203) from a private, Christian university in the south-central United States responded to questions concerning attitudes and activities regarding opposite-sex friendships. Results indicated that some interpersonal benefits do exist for the FWBR, but these appear to be related to actual participation in a FWBR rather than due to any sex differences between men and women.
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