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The Shift from Dating to Hooking up in College

What Scholars Have Missed

Bibliographic Data

ID12912988
AuthorsKathleen A Bogle (corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume1
Issue2
Pages775-788
Publication date2007-09-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00031.x
OpenAlexW2073954556
LanguageEN
Citations received62
References cited43

In recent years, research has been building that suggests dating has been replaced by hooking up as the dominant way for heterosexual students to get together on college campuses. Although recent studies have documented the phenomenon of hooking up, there is evidence that this behavior was likely in place long before it was recognized in the literature. Yet, for the past several decades, scholars have continued to examine ‘dating’ among college students. This calls into question whether scholars missed a fundamental shift in how heterosexual men and women form sexual and romantic relationships on campus. In this paper, I will (i) review the major findings on hooking up, (ii) explain the differences between traditional dating and hooking up, (iii) explore when traditional dating declined and hooking up emerged on the college campus, and (iv) discuss the effect of this shift on the literature

Dating violence · Epistemology · Phenomenon · Poison control · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Sexual behavior · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year3,88
Citation span2010 - 2026 (17)
Citation velocitycurrent
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