title: Predicting romantic involvement, relationship cognitions, and relationship qualities from physical appearance, perceived norms, and relational styles regarding friends and parents.
abstract: Using a sample of 199 adolescents, the present study examined Furman and Wehner's (1999) hypothesis that the predictors of the degree of romantic involvement and the predictors of romantic relationship cognitions and qualities differ. As hypothesized, physical appearance and friends' normative romantic involvement were related to the degree of casual and serious romantic involvement, whereas relational styles regarding friends and parents were unrelated in almost all cases. On the other hand, relational styles regarding friends and parents were related to supportive and negative romantic interactions and romantic styles. In contrast, physical appearance and friends' normative romantic involvement were generally unrelated to interactions and romantic styles. Physical appearance was also related to romantic appeal and satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80209, United States. wfurman@nova.psy.du.edu
authors.forename: Wyndol
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Furman
authors.forename: Jessica K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Winkles
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D012928:Social Desirability; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
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