Varieties of Interpersonal Attraction and Their Interrelationships in Natural Groups

This paper makes theoretical and operational distinctions among three types of attraction: friendship, liking, and respect. Predictions derived from these distinctions are tested in three natural groups: a state police force and two college football teams. Friendship is found to be more mutual than...

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Published in:Social psychology quarterly 1979-09, Vol.42 (3), p.253-261
Main Author: Segal, Mady Wechsler
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attract/Attractive/Attractiveness/ Attraction/ Attractions
Friendship
Group/Groups/Grouping/Groupism
Interpersonal attraction
Interpersonal/Interpersonalism
Law enforcement agencies
Police
Police/Policing/Policemen
Questionnaires
Recreation
Respect
Social perception
Social psychology
Sport/Sporting/Sports (see also Sportsmanship)
State police services
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Summary:This paper makes theoretical and operational distinctions among three types of attraction: friendship, liking, and respect. Predictions derived from these distinctions are tested in three natural groups: a state police force and two college football teams. Friendship is found to be more mutual than liking and liking is more mutual than respect. The degree of respect for group members varies more widely than does friendship or liking. The average friendship rating is lower than either liking or respect. Respect is more strongly related to both expressive and instrumental leadership nominations than is friendship or liking. Joint participation in leisure activities is more strongly related to friendship than to liking, and more strongly related to liking than to respect. Future research should take these differences into account.
ISSN:0190-2725
1939-8999
DOI:10.2307/3033768