Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

We're not living together

Stayover relationships among college-educated emerging adults

Bibliographic Data

ID2927608
AuthorsTyler B Jamison (0000-0002-4653-2796, University of Missouri, corresponding author), Lawrence H Ganong (0000-0003-2483-3958, University of Missouri), Lawrence Ganong (University of Missouri)
Year2011
Volume28
Issue4
Pages536-557
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407510384897
OpenAlexW2142742268
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited17

Rapid and widespread changes in relationship formation and dissolution over the past 50 years have revealed new patterns in romantic and sexual relationships, particularly among emerging adults. In this study, grounded theory methods were used to investigate the role of one such pattern, stayovers, in the development of romantic relationships among 22 college students and college graduates. The results indicated that some young couples stay overnight between three and seven nights per week while living in separate homes. This arrangement functioned as a comfortable and convenient alternative to forming more lasting, and therefore riskier, commitments such as full-time cohabitation and marriage. Stayovers served as a stopgap measure between casual dating and making more formal commitments

Casual · Cohabitation · Courtship · Developmental psychology · Human sexuality · Political science · Romance · Sexual relationship · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology

  • Religiosity, Intimacy, and Fatherhood

    Open Access•J Dontaè Roberts, Armon R Perry•The Family Journal•2026

  • Identifying a Typology of Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships

    Open Access•Jonathon J Beckmeyer, Tyler B Jamison•Family Relations•2021

  • Young Women's Anger in Romantic Relationships

    Open Access•Ana L Jaramillo-Sierra, Ana L Jaramillo‐Sierra et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2017

  • Cross-sex versus same-sex experience and relationship satisfaction

    Hod Tamir, D Stephens et al.•Mental Health Religion & Culture•2016

  • Stayovers in emerging adulthood

    Open Access•Tyler B Jamison, Christine M Proulx•Personal Relationships•2012

  • The Challenge of Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood

    Open Access•Shmuel Shulman, Jennifer Connolly•Emerging Adulthood•2013

  • Dating Aggression and Sleep Problems in Emerging Adulthood

    Open Access•Ryan J Kelly, Erika J Bagley•Emerging Adulthood•2016

  • College, Career, Commitment, Oh My

    Open Access•Amanda R Youmans, Nicholas K Canby et al.•Emerging Adulthood•2022

  • The romantic loneliness scale (RomLon scale)

    Open Access•Waqar Husain, Muhammad Ahmad Husain et al.•BMC Psychology•2025

  • Les ambiguïtés de la sexualité dans les relations naissantes. Le cas des jeunes étudiantes en France

    Open Access•Christophe Giraud•Enfances Familles Générations•2020

  • Intimate Relationship Dynamics and Changing Desire for Pregnancy Among Young Women

    Open Access•J S Barber, Warren B Miller et al.•Perspectives on Sexual and…•2019

  • Sexting with Romantic Partners During College

    Open Access•Jonathon J Beckmeyer, Debby Herbenick et al.•Sexuality & Culture•2021

  • Defining the ‘Resource Unit’ for Poverty Measurement in Complex Contemporary Households

    Open Access•Lawrence M Berger, Lawrence Berger et al.•Population Research and Policy…•2024

  • Want to Stay Over?” Demographic, Intrapersonal, and Relational Differences Among Those Who Date, Stay-Over, and Cohabit

    Brian J Willoughby, BreeAnne Madsen et al.•Marriage & Family Review•2015

  • Transitions From Sexual Relationships Into Cohabitation and Beyond

    Open Access•Sassler, Sharon Sassler et al.•Demography•2018

  • The Dynamics of Intimate Relationships and Contraceptive Use During Early Emerging Adulthood

    Open Access•Yasamin Kusunoki, J S Barber•Demography•2020

  • We're not living together

    Open Access•Tyler B Jamison, Lawrence H Ganong et al.•Journal of Social and Personal…•2011

  • Assessing Young Adults' Beliefs Regarding the Importance of Romantic Relationships

    Open Access•Nicole K Watkins, Jonathon J Beckmeyer•Journal of Family Issues•2020

  • Sexual and Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood

    Kathryn Harker Tillman, K L Brewster et al.•Annual Review of Sociology•2019

  • Cohabitation and Marriage

    Open Access•Sassler, D T Lichter•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2020

  • The Progression of Sexual Relationships

    Open Access•Sassler, Sharon Sassler et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2016

  • The Tempo of Sexual Activity and Later Relationship Quality

    Open Access•Sassler, Sharon Sassler et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2012

  • Sliding Versus Deciding

    Open Access•Scott M Stanley, Galena K Rhoades et al.•Family Relations•2006

  • Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954–2003

    Open Access•Lawrence B Finer•Public Health Reports•2007

  • Stepfamily Relationships

    Open Access•Lawrence H Ganong, Marilyn Coleman•Stepfamily Relationships•2004

  • Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research

    Sandra L Hofferth, Lynne M Casper•Handbook of Measurement Issues in…•2013

  • Ready to Take a Chance Again

    Edward R Anderson, Shannon M Greene et al.•Journal of Divorce & Remarriage•2004

  • Hookups”

    Elizabeth L Paul, Brian McManus et al.•The Journal of Sex Research•2000

  • Living Together Unmarried in the United States

    Open Access•Pamela J Smock, W D Manning•Law & Policy•2004

  • The Rating and Dating Complex

    Willard Waller•American Sociological Review•1937

  • We're not living together

    Open Access•Tyler B Jamison, Lawrence H Ganong et al.•Journal of Social and Personal…•2011

  • Living Apart Together' relationships in the United States

    Open Access•Charles Strohm, Charles Q Strohm et al.•Demographic Research•2009

  • The Tripartite Nature of Marital Commitment

    Michael P Johnson, John P Caughlin et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•1999

  • Cohabitation in the United States

    Pamela J Smock•Annual Review of Sociology•2000

  • The Changing Institution of Marriage

    Open Access•W D Manning, Monica A Longmore et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2007

  • The Treatment of Relationship Status in Research on Dating and Mate Selection

    Open Access•Catherine A Surra, Tyfany M J Boettcher‐burke et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2007

  • Measuring and Modeling Cohabitation

    Open Access•W D Manning, Pamela J Smock•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2005

  • The Process of Entering into Cohabiting Unions

    Open Access•Sassler•Journal of Marriage and the Family•2004

Unique citing works22
Citations per year1,47
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 22
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae