TY - JOUR
T1 - Human affection exchange
T2 - II. Affectionate communication in father-son relationships
AU - Floyd, Kory
AU - Morman, Mark T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The present studies were conducted as part of the Fatherhood Relations Project and were supported in part by grants from the American Psychological Foundation.
PY - 2003/10/1
Y1 - 2003/10/1
N2 - The father-son dyad might be the most socially significant male-male relationship in the life course, yet its negative qualities have been the sole focus in most research on the relationship. One communicative aspect that has received little scholarly attention is the expression of affection between fathers and sons, despite the strong correlation of affectionate communication with positive involvement, closeness, and relational satisfaction for fathers and sons. In 2 studies, the authors tested hypotheses about father-son affection that were derived from affection exchange theory (K. Floyd, in press). Results indicated that U.S. men are more affectionate with biological sons than with stepsons or adopted sons and that they are more affectionate with their biological sons than their biological sons are with them.
AB - The father-son dyad might be the most socially significant male-male relationship in the life course, yet its negative qualities have been the sole focus in most research on the relationship. One communicative aspect that has received little scholarly attention is the expression of affection between fathers and sons, despite the strong correlation of affectionate communication with positive involvement, closeness, and relational satisfaction for fathers and sons. In 2 studies, the authors tested hypotheses about father-son affection that were derived from affection exchange theory (K. Floyd, in press). Results indicated that U.S. men are more affectionate with biological sons than with stepsons or adopted sons and that they are more affectionate with their biological sons than their biological sons are with them.
KW - Affection
KW - Fathers
KW - Sons
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U2 - 10.1080/00224540309598466
DO - 10.1080/00224540309598466
M3 - Article
C2 - 14609055
AN - SCOPUS:0642334296
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 143
SP - 599
EP - 612
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 5
ER -