Peer Influence on Romantic Relationships

Previous research has shown peer involvement in a romantic relationship endorsing the notion that friends are models and sources of social support for initiating and pursuing romantic relationships. Thus, experiences in peer relationships lay the foundation for affinitive competencies central to romantic relationships. However, attempts to measure the peer influence on romantic relationships have been rarely undertaken in the literature. In an earlier study, (Ganth and Kadhiravan, Interper Int J Person Rel 2017) developed a 10-item measure of Peer influence in romantic relationships (e.g., I think my friends would help me if I have any problem in my romantic relationship). The initial item analysis and content validity by judges revealed that an eight-item scale is reliable and valid. However, (Ganth and Kadhiravan, Interper Int J Person Rel 2017) did not evaluate the factor structure and other psychometric properties. In the present study, we propose to extend the psychometric analysis using both EFA and CFA frameworks and examine the factor structure and validity. Our participants include 779 young adults in the age range of 18–24 currently residing in India. We plan to run the EFA and CFA by randomly dividing the sample. We plan to examine the convergent validity of the scale using scales on interpersonal attraction and romantic inclination.