The primary focus of this literature review is to address the complexities of friends with
benefits relationships and explore underlying theories regarding the impact of sexual double …

Romantic relationships provide a meaningful context from which individuals can develop
attachment security and find fulfillment for their emotional and physical attachment needs …

Dating relationships during adolescence is a complex interaction that involves multiple
systems however, the systemic factors promoting the development of healthy dating …

Objective: To develop a deeper understanding of how jealousy escalates to physical dating
violence within Mexican American adolescent romantic relationships. Method: Using …

In a seminal paper on romance, Sternberg (1986) provided a definition which has stood the
test of time. According to Sternberg, romantic relationships are unique among social …

Friends with benefits relationships (FWBRs) are a prevalent form of sexually intimate
involvement among emerging adults, but research has only recently begun to develop a …

Recent trends suggest that friends with benefits (FWB) relationships are prevalent among
emerging adults on college campuses. Notably, young women are just as likely to …

Using US third wave feminism as the cultural backdrop, this study examines emerging
adults' participation in heterosexual “friends with benefits”(FWB) relationships. We …

Research on casual sexual relationships (CSRs) among emerging adults is prevalent, yet
our empirical and theoretical knowledge of relationship processes involved in these …

This article describes the development of a scale measuring the extent of men's belief in
female sexual deceptiveness. This belief has been postulated as a component of hostile …