The girlfriend getaway as an intimacy

Kong, Shaojun; Guo, Jia; Huang, Dan

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2021.103337

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“…However, researchers have generally examined friendship as a whole. They have yet to consider the characteristics of the company tourists enjoy-a critical factor that can enhance or hinder one's connections with a place and people (Kong et al, 2022).…”

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“…Travel among friends is a growing research topic, given the casual nature of friendship. Friends constitute an informal social group that develops voluntarily; the fundamental goals of friendship are closeness and mutual assistance (Decrop, 2005; Kong et al, 2022; Price & Arnould, 1999). Tourism scholars frequently explore friendship travel in terms of participants’ motivations, satisfaction, decision making, conflict management, and well-being (Marcevova et al, 2010; Matteucci et al, 2022; Song et al, 2017, 2018).…”

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Dyadic Friendship Travel: The Role of Personal and Friendship Characteristics on Conflict Management Styles

Manner-Baldeon

Lin

2023

Journal of Travel Research

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Friendship travel is gaining traction in tourism studies; however, analyses of dyads’ dynamics outside of romantic partners remain scarce. This study investigates how dyadic friends settle disputes while on vacation, negotiate self- and other-related needs based on personal and friendship characteristics, and ultimately achieve satisfying tourism experiences. Structural equation modeling is used to examine interrelationships between the “Big Five” personality traits, Aristotle’s friendship types, and interpersonal tolerance in conflict resolution during travel between same- and opposite-sex friend dyads. Findings reveal that friends whose relationships are rooted in goodwill (i.e., virtue friendship) are more willing to adopt integrating and compromising conflict management styles. Friends who possess relatively strong agreeableness and openness to experience, and who have high interpersonal tolerance, often use an integrating conflict management style. These results differ from the extant literature in showing that men’s getaways enhance dyadic friendships. Various implications and this study’s relevance in the context of COVID-19 are discussed in closing.

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