Does My Friend Like My Romantic Partner? Links Among Relationship Work With Partners and Friends and Physiological Implications

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2025-04-23 DOI:10.1111/jmft.70021

Siera Kee, Jakob Jensen, Matthew Fish, Kayla Fitzke

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Informed by the theoretical foundation of social exchange theory and polyvagal theory, we examined romantic, social, and psychophysiological functioning among a sample of 284 heterosexual, emerging adult romantic partners and their friends. Actor–partner interdependence model results revealed that both women and men reported greater romantic adjustment when also speaking frequently with their partner about romantic challenges. Additionally, men were found to have more favorable psychophysiological functioning, as captured by heart rate variability (HRV) during conversations with their partner, when men also spoke frequently to friends about romantic challenges. Moreover, men's HRV scores when talking to partners and to friends were more favorable if men perceived that friends' approval of their relationship was high. Clinical implications are presented, and social, romantic, and psychophysiological implications for emerging adult partners are discussed.

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Journal of marital and family therapy Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Marital & Family Therapy (JMFT) is published quarterly by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is one of the best known and most influential family therapy journals in the world. JMFT is a peer-reviewed journal that advances the professional understanding of marital and family functioning and the most effective psychotherapeutic treatment of couple and family distress. Toward that end, the Journal publishes articles on research, theory, clinical practice, and training in marital and family therapy.