Hooking-Up or Auditioning a Soul Mate? College Student Expectations of Sexual Relationships

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean G. Massey ◽  
Ann M. Merriwether ◽  
Justin R. Garcia ◽  
Ian F. Macdonald ◽  
Danielle Wagner
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Hooking Up ◽  
Student Expectations

College Student Hooking Up Survey

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Lewis ◽  
Hollie Granato ◽  
Jessica A. Blayney ◽  
Ty W. Lostutter ◽  
Jason R. Kilmer
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Hooking Up

Brief Report

2021 ◽  
pp. 333-346
Author(s):  
Kacie Cassar ◽  
Lance C. Garmon
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
College Student ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Social Penetration Theory ◽  
Social Penetration ◽  
Social Media Platforms

This study focuses on how social media platforms are being used by emerging adults during the development of romantic and/or sexual relationships, specifically as it relates to initiating private, individualized conversations within the application by “sliding into DMs” (direct message). A majority of the 316 college student participants reported both being familiar with the sliding into DMs (SDM) concept and having either initiated or responded to an SDM. Many also indicated that they were able to successfully achieve the type of relationship they intended when utilizing an SDM. Findings from this study are interpreted in relation to both social penetration theory and attachment theory. Overall, the results support the importance of examining social media interactions when studying the development of both romantic relationships and nonrelational sexual activity in emerging adulthood.

scholarly journals Hook-Up and Dating Apps

Communication ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Duguay ◽  
Élise Ross-Nadié
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Hooking Up ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Data Surveillance ◽  
Physical Spaces ◽  
Personal Devices

Hook-up apps are a relatively recent form of digitally mediated dating. They are apps—software programs configured for a specific purpose—that play a role in sociotechnical arrangements of hooking up—finding a partner for dating or sexual activity. While they are often used for a variety of purposes, from meeting friends to political campaigning, hook-up apps are generally framed or perceived as being associated with romantic and sexual relationships. Hook-up apps feature in a long lineage of analogue and digital tools that have mediated dating, from the telegraph to early online dating websites. This history is reflected in enduring moral panics about how such tools may affect society, such as whether or not they threaten the formation of long-term relationships. This history is also apparent in longstanding scholarly investigations into the nuances of how the different affordances of such technologies shape self-presentation, intimacy, communities, and social inequalities. These inquiries endure in today’s studies of hook-up apps. Digital technology has been pivotal in helping marginalized populations to find each other and, particularly, in how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals have connected through chatrooms, websites, and contemporary apps. Early hook-up apps popular with gay men, such as Grindr, ushered in the eventual proliferation of hook-up apps marketed to wider populations. Notably, hook-up apps are designed to function on mobile devices, with the smartphone’s rapid uptake enabling partner-seeking anywhere and anytime as these apps have become integrated into daily life. They rely on geolocational data, enabling users to check out prospective partners nearby, to arrange meet-ups when traveling, or to access informational resources when settling into a new country. However, their use on personal devices and the intimate nature of users’ exchanges also pose new hurdles for research methods and practices. Hook-up apps function within the information age’s broader political economy of datafication, data surveillance, and technology-driven profit-making. While they introduce new opportunities for social connection, their affordances and user practices can also re-create and reinforce existing forms of gender and racial discrimination. As apps that overlay digital and physical spaces, their use is fully enmeshed in surrounding cultural, social, political, and economic contexts. With these multiple factors in mind, this bibliography presents resources for understanding hook-up apps from perspectives largely situated within communications and cultural studies. While presented according to dominant themes, several entries address multiple aspects of hook-up apps and present a range of findings that are relevant across categories.

The Relationship Between Perceived College Student Satisfaction and Goal-Directedness

1979 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Jenks ◽  
Jonathan Kahane ◽  
Virginia Bobinski ◽  
Tina Piermarini
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
College Student Satisfaction ◽  
Goal Directedness ◽  
The Relationship

Factor Analyses of the College Student Questionnaires

1975 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham A. Panackal ◽  
Alan L. Sockloff
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Factor Analyses
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