Cloudfindings

The Dimensional Structure of Human Relationships While interpersonal relationships are conventionally treated as explicit categories, I propose a model where such categories represent combinations of latent dimensions that underlie differences in interpersonal relationships. I conduct a study to reveal these underlying dimensions, then define different types of relationships as general combinations of dimensional traits, which fade into each other. The primary hypothesis in this study was that very close friendships and romantic relationships would overlap in a latent dimension of intimacy/closeness and differ in a dimension reflecting aspects of sexual attraction. Otherwise this study was primarily exploratory without initial predictions being made. A multidimensional model as opposed to conventional definitions of relationships is produced from the results. Methods An online survey was conducted using PsyToolkit (Stoet 2010)(Stoet 2017) where participants were asked to answer a set o...