Defining Dates and First Date Goals

Mongeau, Paul A.; Jacobsen, Janet L.; Donnerstein, Carolyn

doi:10.1177/0093650207305235

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“…Because the second study dealt primarily with date goals and constructing a first date, it might be that alcohol is not used as part of the planning for a date in order to achieve those goals. A third study that also explores dating goals (Mongeau;Jacobsen;Donnerstein, 2007) reveals that while college students might have differences for first date goals based on their reported sex, non-college students did not. More to the point of this review, college men tended to indicate sexual goals for dating whereas college women were more interested in friendship, having fun, and moving date-to-date.…”

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Communication studies about sex: Implications for relationships, health, culture, and identity. A review

Manning

2021

EPI

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This article features a review of communication scholarship about sex from the past two decades (2000-2020). A typographic analysis of relevant research reveals 11 primary topic areas related to how interpersonal sexual communication is commonly researched in communication studies. Six of these topic areas are relationship-oriented in nature: flirting and initiation; pleasure and desire; sexual expectations; relational and sexual satisfaction; communication after sex; and negative aspects of sex and sexuality. Three of the topics are health-oriented in nature: sex education, especially in consideration of how parent-child talk happens in families; negotiation of safe sex practices; and sexual dysfunction. Finally, two of the topics are cultural in nature: social factors and influences; and media influences and representations. Scholarship is also reviewed in terms of theoretical commitments, with most research following sociopsychological or critical traditions but with a noteworthy number also embracing sociocultural or biological paradigms. Based on these observations, five directions are offered for future research: supporting programs of interpersonal sex research; advancing and/or creating methods related to communication sex research; eliminating heteronormativity; considering the practical aspects of sex research; and, perhaps most importantly, theorizing sex as communication.

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Communication studies about sex: Implications for relationships, health, culture, and identity. A review

Manning

2021

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“…Although more casual sexual arrangements and no-strings-attached sexual behaviors have been on the rise, dating remains a prominent prelude to marriage and domestic partnership (Bogle, 2007; Bradshaw et al, 2010). Mongeau et al (2007) described a romantic date as two people going out together to engage in a common activity with romantic interest and/or physical and sexual attraction. Dating script typically involves eating and drinking at a public location, which necessarily incur some expenses (Amiraian & Sobal, 2009).…”

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Gender Roles in the Millennium: Who Pays and Is Expected to Pay for Romantic Dates?

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Klettner

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Psychol Rep

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Research on monetary decisions and behaviors in dating relationships is very limited. The purpose of this study was to examine college students’ current practice and expectations for date payment for first and subsequent romantic dates in the framework of gender role theory. A sample of 552 heterosexual college students took an online survey that included questions about their actual and expected payment for their first and subsequent dates. Participants also completed several measures regarding their gender roles. The findings indicated that traditional gender norms in dating continue to be popular in the new millennium because in actual practice, men almost always paid the whole bill of the first dates and paid more for subsequent dates. When asked who should pay for the dates, participants also expected men to pay more for first and subsequent dates. Women did show some willingness to share date expenses, although nowhere close to be completely even. The findings also indicated that gender role attitudes played little role in actual practice but had a stronger role in date payment expectations, showing that individuals subscribing to traditional gender inequality views tended to believe that men should pay more for dates.

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Predicted Outcome Value Theory

Sunnafrank

2015

The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication

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Predicted outcome value theory proposes a rewards–costs analysis of interpersonal relationships focused exclusively on the motivating force and effects of outcome value forecasts for potential relational futures. Originally developed as a theory of initial interaction behavior and to provide an alternative interpretation of uncertainty reduction theory phenomena, the theory has since expanded to encompass interpersonal relationships across their life span.

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Defining Dates and First Date Goals

Cited by 53 publications

References 27 publications

Communication studies about sex: Implications for relationships, health, culture, and identity. A review

Communication studies about sex: Implications for relationships, health, culture, and identity. A review

Gender Roles in the Millennium: Who Pays and Is Expected to Pay for Romantic Dates?

Predicted Outcome Value Theory

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