Cross-gender friendships: implications for the marital dyad

Peter A Powell

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Cross-gender friendships: implications for the marital dyad

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Peter A Powell. Cross-gender Friendships: Implications for the Marital Dyad. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d20dfc91-bd80-489b-b785-c6877e84c498.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

P. A. Powell. Cross-gender friendships: implications for the marital dyad. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d20dfc91-bd80-489b-b785-c6877e84c498

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Peter A Powell. Cross-Gender Friendships: Implications for the Marital Dyad. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d20dfc91-bd80-489b-b785-c6877e84c498.

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Peter A Powell

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Abstract

This project explores what levels of comfort are experienced by church-going people with cross-gender friendships. A questionnaire format was designed to ascertain the projected levels of comfort the respondent would have concerning his/her own and his/her spouse's friendships. Questions were also asked about perceptions of the spouse's comfort levels. Four different types of friendship were surveyed to minimize the possibility of bias had the survey only covered cross-gender friendships. Three scales, verified in previous studies, also were used. Kendall's tau-b correlations were used on the data. The results showed that a majority of respondents were comfortable with all the types of friendship studied. However, there was a clear reduction in comfort for cross-gender friendships and mixed-gender group friendships. Males tended to be less comfortable than females with same-gender and cross-gender friendships, with females reporting less comfort for couple and group friendships. Two models for marriage, with implications for pastoral counseling and diagnosis, were developed.

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