Finds that persons planning to deceive dating partners engaged in significantly more extensive planning and were significantly faster in assessing their plan's completeness than were persons whose targets were a friend or stranger; and that persons planning to deceive dating partners displayed more filled pauses as "relational costs"…

College males were placed into six groups of friends and strangers, with two persons per group. Working alone and with partners, subjects were asked to exert vertical pressure using a six foot pole. No significant differences among potential and actual group performances for groups of friends and strangers were obtained. (Author/RD)

Examines how interacting with a friend as opposed to a stranger in anticipation of a stressful event (giving an extemporaneous speech) affects college students' coping. Finds that subjects perceived more social support after interacting with a friend than with a stranger. Describes specific verbal and nonverbal behaviors contributing to successful…