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The Effect of Peers on Marital Beliefs and Expectations

Ufholz, Kelsey Elise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1342733726

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2012, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, Psychology, Clinical.
The current study examined the effect peers have upon young adults' romantic beliefs, controlling for other factors known to impact romantic beliefs, such as interparental conflict. Friendship intimacy was found to be strongly associated with peers' level of influence on romance. Young adults perceived that their friends' romantic beliefs were similar to their own. Differences in beliefs were not related to friendship closeness. The relationship between closeness and influence was not moderated by romantic experience, nor was the relationship between differences in belief and closeness. The relationship between friendship intimacy and influence might vary by gender. Men perceived equal influence from their male and female friends. Women sought advice more frequently from female friends than male friends. Much of this gender effect disappeared once friendship intimacy was accounted for. Opposite gender peers did not significantly influence the realism of romantic beliefs. This research suggests that friends play a strong role in young adults' romantic beliefs, although this impact may vary based upon intimacy and gender.
Lee Dixon (Advisor)
Jackson Goodnight (Committee Member)
Erin O'Mara (Committee Member)
112 p.
Social Psychology
romantic beliefs; marital beliefs; peers; young adults; realism

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  • Ufholz, K. E. (2012). The Effect of Peers on Marital Beliefs and Expectations [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1342733726

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ufholz, Kelsey. The Effect of Peers on Marital Beliefs and Expectations. 2012. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1342733726.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ufholz, Kelsey. "The Effect of Peers on Marital Beliefs and Expectations." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1342733726

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