Abstract

Participants (n = 644) reported giving more durable gifts to committed relationship partners than to new relationship partners (even when controlling for the cost of the gifts). Study 1 focused on friendship; Study 2 focused on romantic relationships. In both studies, participants wrote autobiographical narratives and completed questionnaires about gift exchange. The present research extends previous work on inefficiency in gift exchange.

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