Friends with benefits: the role of huddling in mixed groups of torpid and normothermic animals

Friends with Benefits (FWB) is a friendship of the opposite sex that involves sexual activity without commitment, feelings of love and encouragement to continue the relationship toward a romantic relationship. This study aims to determine the role of intimacy and jealousy towards the relationship satisfaction of individuals undergoing the FWB and the role of jealousy towards intimacy, and describing the emotions and views of participants on their FWB relationships. The subjects were 304 people undergoing FWB relationship in the last two years. Data were collected using Miller Social Intimacy, Multidimensional Jealousy, and Relationship Assessment Scales. Hierarchical linear regression and descriptive analysis were used to analyze data. Participants’ experiences of their FBW relationship were also collected and analyzed qualitatively. The result showed that intimacy and jealousy significantly predicted the relationship satisfaction both simultaneously and partially. Jealousy also significantly influences intimacy. A qualitative analysis reveals three categories that describe the emotions and views of the participants towards their FWB relationships, namely feeling satisfied and happy, feeling less satisfied and regretful, and feeling happy but regretful.Keywords : friends with benefits, intimacy, jealousy, relationship satisfaction. Abstrak: Friends with Benefits (FWB) adalah hubungan pertemanan lawan jenis yang melibatkan hubungan seksual tanpa komitmen, perasaan cinta dan dorongan untuk melanjutkan ke hubungan yang romantis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji peranan intimasi dan perasaan cemburu terhadap kepuasan hubungan partisipan yang menjalani hubungan FWB, peranan perasaan cemburu terhadap intimasi, serta mendeskripsikan gambaran emosi dan pandangan partisipan saat menjalani hubungan FWB. Partisipan penelitian berjumlah 304 partisipan, yang menjalani hubungan FWB dalam kurun waktu dua tahun terakhir. Data dikumpulkan dengan skala Miller Social Intimacy, Multi-dimensional Jealousy, dan Relationship Assesment. Data dianalisis menggunakan regresi linier berjenjang. Data kualitatif juga dikumpulkan dan dianalisis secara deskriptif untuk mendalami perasaan dan pandangan partisipan terhadap FWB yang dijalani. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan intimasi dan perasaan cemburu secara signifikan mempengaruhi kepuasan hubungan baik secara simultan maupun parsial. Perasaan cemburu juga secara signifikan memberi pengaruh terhadap intimasi. Secara kualitatif, ditemukan tiga kategori yang menggambarkan emosi dan pandangan partisipan dalam menjalani hubungan FWB, yaitu merasa puas dan senang, kurang puas hingga menyesal, dan merasa senang namun ada penyesalan.

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Identification of specific EP receptors responsible for the hemodynamic effects of PGE2

AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.3.h924 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 277 (3) ◽

pp. H924-H930 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Laurent P. Audoly ◽

Stephen L. Tilley ◽

Jennifer Goulet ◽

Mikelle Key ◽

Mytrang Nguyen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Receptor Subtypes ◽

Ep Receptors ◽

Relative Contribution ◽

Complex Interactions ◽

Ep Receptor ◽

Males And Females ◽

Mixed Groups ◽

Vasodepressor Response

To identify the E-prostanoid (EP) receptors that mediate the hemodynamic actions of PGE2, we studied acute vascular responses to infusions of PGE2using lines of mice in which each of four EP receptors (EP1 through EP4) have been disrupted by gene targeting. In mixed groups of males and females, vasodepressor responses after infusions of PGE2were significantly diminished in the EP2 −/− and EP4 −/− lines but not in the EP1 −/− or EP3 −/− lines. Because the actions of other hormonal systems that regulate blood pressure differ between sexes, we compared the roles of individual EP receptors in males and females. We found that the relative contribution of each EP-receptor subclass was strikingly different in males from that in females. In females, the EP2 and EP4 receptors, which signal by stimulating adenylate cyclase, mediate the major portion of the vasodepressor response to PGE2. In males, the EP2 receptor has a modest effect, but most of the vasodepressor effect is mediated by the phospholipase C-coupled EP1receptor. Finally, in male mice, the EP3 receptor actively opposes the vasodepressor actions of PGE2. Thus the hemodynamic actions of PGE2 are mediated through complex interactions of several EP-receptor subtypes, and the role of individual EP receptors differs dramatically in males from that in females. These differences may contribute to sexual dimorphism of blood pressure regulation.

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Why Riders Perform Risky Riding Behavior in Jakarta: The effects of Hazardous Situation, Gender, and Risk Perception

Psychological Research on Urban Society ◽

10.7454/proust.v1i1.23 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 38

Author(s):

Dewi Maulina ◽

Keyni Regina Danilasari ◽

Fara Nazhira ◽

Satara Samia Jufri

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Traffic Accidents ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Factorial Anova ◽

Video Clips ◽

And Gender ◽

Internal And External Factors ◽

Mixed Groups ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between risky riding behavior and traffic accidents has been identified in previous research. However, there is limited research that focuses on the interaction between internal and external factors and the effect this has on riders’ risky riding decisions. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of hazardous situations and gender on risk perception and risky riding behavior among motorcyclists. We focus on lane-splitting behavior as one of the most common risky riding behaviors among motorcyclists in Jakarta. A 2×2 mixed-groups factorial ANOVA (hazardous situation × gender) was conducted with 72 participant riders, male as well as female. Participants were asked to read different scenarios and watch six video clips that showed pro-risk and anti-risk hazardous situations. At the end of each clip, participants answered questions related to risk perception and lane splitting decisions. Results show that hazardous situations have a significant effect on each dimension of risk perception and on risky riding behavior. However, results suggest that gender has a significant effect only on two dimensions of risk perception, namely, efficacy and worry and insecurity. We also found a significant effect of the interaction between hazardous situations and gender on risk perception, which is the dimension of the likelihood of an accident. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that it is important for law enforcement to consider the role of risk perception when granting motorcycle licenses.

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The Adoption and Use of the Word ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ in the Early Christ-Movement

Ecclesiology ◽

10.1163/17455316-17010002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 109-130

Author(s):

Philip F. Esler

Keyword(s):

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Voluntary Associations ◽

Lord's Supper ◽

First Century ◽

Greco Roman ◽

Christ Followers ◽

Table Fellowship ◽

The One ◽

Mixed Groups

Abstract This article engages with two recent monographs and three shorter publications to offer a fresh approach to the origin and some aspects of the use of the word ἐκκλησία in the Christ-movement of the first century ce. It argues that the word was first used as a collective designation by mixed groups of Greek-speaking Judean and non-Judean Christ-followers who were persecuted by Paul. Their intimate table-fellowship (especially of the one loaf and one cup of the Lord’s Supper) was regarded as involving or risking idolatry and thus imperilling the ethnic integrity of the Judean people. These Christ-followers adopted the word ἐκκλησία from instances in the Septuagint where it meant not ‘assembly’ but ‘multitude’ or ‘group’, most importantly of all in 1 Sam. 19.20. As Paul founded new communities in the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean that were recognisably similar to Greco-Roman voluntary associations, the word acquired new connotations that reverberated with the role of ἐκκλησίαι as civic voting assemblies in the Greek cities. Paul’s groups were not anti-Roman, nor did he believe that the Christ-movement would replace ethnic Israel, but rather that the two would co-exist until the End. The Pauline view on this matter finds theological endorsement in a 2015 document from the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with Jews.

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Divorcing Commitment: Examining the Role of Parental Divorce in Undergraduates’ Friends with Benefits Relationships

Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research - Divorce, Separation, and Remarriage: The Transformation of Family ◽

10.1108/s1530-353520160000010009 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 229-250

Author(s):

Christina L. Scott ◽

Joanne M. Hash ◽

Phoebe Stevens ◽

Tiffani Tejada

Keyword(s):

Parental Divorce ◽

Friends With Benefits

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Casual Sexual Relationships and Experiences in Emerging Adulthood

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795574.013.002 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Shannon Claxton ◽

Manfred Van Dulmen

Keyword(s):

Emerging Adulthood ◽

Theoretical Perspective ◽

Sexual Relationships ◽

Future Research ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Friends With Benefits ◽

Longitudinal Methods ◽

The Past ◽

Different Types

Casual sexual relationships and experiences (CSREs) such as hookups, one-night stands, friends with benefits relationships, and booty calls have received increasing attention in the past decade. This review examines the role of CSREs during emerging adulthood, as well as similarities and differences among the different types of CSREs. The authors also examine the predictors and positive and negative consequences of engaging in CSREs. Although research in the area of CSREs has provided important information about the development and course of these relationships/experiences, future research should focus on exploring these relationships and experiences using an integrated theoretical perspective and longitudinal methods, in diverse, non-college samples.

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Asymmetry in Cross-Conflict Collaboration: Is There a Gender Factor?

Peace and Conflict Studies ◽

10.46743/1082-7307/2011.1127 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Galia Golan

Keyword(s):

Dispute Resolution ◽

Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽

Women's Groups ◽

Group Relations ◽

Women’S Groups ◽

Negotiation Research ◽

Major Exception ◽

Gender Factor ◽

Mixed Groups

Asymmetry of power is an acknowledged phenomenon in negotiation, and there are a number of devices for dealing with it. Similarly, alternative dispute resolution seeks to neutralize asymmetry of power by using an interest-based model of cross-conflict collaboration, but research has indicated that asymmetry persists nonetheless. The role of gender in negotiation has been researched, and to a far lesser degree, also with regard to alternative dispute resolution. Some of the gender in negotiation research has introduced the element of asymmetry of power as well. Prompted by the highlighting of asymmetry in Israeli-Palestinian all-women alternative dispute resolution (cross-conflict collaboration), the present article seeks to determine the role of gender, comparing asymmetry in mixed groups with all-women’s groups. A qualitative analysis, based on observations over decades of personal experience, finds only differences of degree rather than essence between predominantly-male mixed and all-women’s groups regarding the effects of asymmetry. The major exception to this lies in the centrality accorded the phenomenon by women but not by men, possibly attributable to gender differences in group relations and also the feminist character of the all-female groups.

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