Social support from friends for sex-related issues: A Multiple Goals Perspective

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-8-2018

Publication Title

Communication Reports

Volume

31

Issue

3

First page number:

143

Last page number:

158

Abstract

Informed by research on friends’ sex-related talk, received support, and the multiple goals perspective, this study examined how college students’ interaction goals explained the support received from friends when talking about sex-related concerns. An online survey of 139 college students indicated instrumental, identity, and relational goals helped and hindered receiving nurturant, informational, and tangible support from friends suggesting goals should not be studied in isolation. Results also evidenced the importance of having a combination of goal types to maximize received support from friends when talking about sex-related concerns.

Keywords

Multiple goals, received support, sex talk, friends

Language

eng

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