Interpersonal chemistry in friendships and romantic relationships
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Campbell, Kelly
Nelson, Jessie
Parker, Michele L.
Johnston, Silvana
Abstract / Description
Interpersonal chemistry refers to a perceived instant connection that exists when meeting a person for the first time. In this study, we inductively explored the characteristics of friendship and romantic chemistry for men and women. A social constructionist lens guided our data collection and interpretation. The sample consisted of 362 ethnically diverse individuals (men = 162, women = 200) who completed an online survey. Using textual coding methods, we identified the core themes for interpersonal chemistry as: Reciprocal candor, mutual enjoyment, attraction, similarities, personableness, love, instant connection, and indescribable factors. The similarities theme was more characteristic of friendship than romantic chemistry and the attraction and love themes were more salient to romantic chemistry. We analyzed the data separately for men and women and found that women’s responses centered more on love as characteristic of friendship chemistry and similarities as a component of romantic chemistry.
Keyword(s)
first impressions relationship initiation friendships romantic relationshipsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-07-06
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
12
Issue
1
Page numbers
34–50
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Campbell, K., Nelson, J., Parker, M. L., & Johnston, S. (2018). Interpersonal chemistry in friendships and romantic relationships. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 12(1), 34–50. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v12i1.289
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Campbell, Kelly
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Nelson, Jessie
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Parker, Michele L.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Johnston, Silvana
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Date of first publication2018-07-06
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Abstract / DescriptionInterpersonal chemistry refers to a perceived instant connection that exists when meeting a person for the first time. In this study, we inductively explored the characteristics of friendship and romantic chemistry for men and women. A social constructionist lens guided our data collection and interpretation. The sample consisted of 362 ethnically diverse individuals (men = 162, women = 200) who completed an online survey. Using textual coding methods, we identified the core themes for interpersonal chemistry as: Reciprocal candor, mutual enjoyment, attraction, similarities, personableness, love, instant connection, and indescribable factors. The similarities theme was more characteristic of friendship than romantic chemistry and the attraction and love themes were more salient to romantic chemistry. We analyzed the data separately for men and women and found that women’s responses centered more on love as characteristic of friendship chemistry and similarities as a component of romantic chemistry.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationCampbell, K., Nelson, J., Parker, M. L., & Johnston, S. (2018). Interpersonal chemistry in friendships and romantic relationships. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 12(1), 34–50. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v12i1.289en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1782
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2148
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v12i1.289
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Keyword(s)first impressionsen_US
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Keyword(s)relationship initiationen_US
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Keyword(s)friendshipsen_US
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Keyword(s)romantic relationshipsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleInterpersonal chemistry in friendships and romantic relationshipsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers34–50
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Volume12
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