Dating Scripts Revisited

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2345860
AutoresMary Riege Laner (Arizona State University), Nicole A Ventrone (Mesa Community College)
Ano2000
Volume21
Fascículo4
Páginas488-500
Data de publicação2000-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/019251300021004004
OpenAlexW2129393146
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas66
Referências citadas10

Using a method different from that of past studies, first-date scripts of heterosexual college students were reexamined. As expected, the new approach did not change the findings of earlier research. Despite egalitarian claims, the initial dating practices of students consistently appear to be primarily traditionalistic. Supporting the findings of past studies, the authors found that scripts for both sexes are well-known to both men and women, making the formats of first dates highly predictable. Current popular advice from dating guides reinforces 'appropriate' behaviors and attends far more to differences between the sexes than to their similarities. The contemporary 'semi-egalitarian, semi-traditional' perspectives of students may not serve them well in their longer term relationships

Developmental psychology · Scripting language · Computer Science · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology