DRINKING, TEXTING, AND HOOKING UP: THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE ON GETTING TOGETHER WITH MEN IN COLLEGE

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dc.contributor.advisorHoffman, Mary Annen_US
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Katherineen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-06T06:30:31Z
dc.date.available2015-02-06T06:30:31Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractNon-platonic relationships are a significant stressor for women in college, and can lead to a variety of negative outcomes (Lindgren, Parkhill, George and Hendershot, 2008). Flirting is how non-platonic interactions begin, yet it has not been studied in a university setting. In this study, semi-structured interviews with twelve heterosexual female college students gathered information about women's intentions, behaviors, and outcomes in non-platonic heterosexual interactions. Understanding college students' goals and communication strategies in non-platonic interactions may improve educational and intervention strategies (Lindgren, Blayney, Schacht, George & Pantalone, 2009). Researchers analyzed interview data using Consensual Qualitative Research methods, which allow for rigorous exploratory analysis aimed at describing the actual experiences of college student women. Students spoke about their personal experiences as well as to their perceptions of norms on college campuses. The conclusions drawn from the data demonstrate the ways in which the college social environment, indirect interpersonal communication, and a desire for human connection characterize college student women's experiences of non-platonic relationships in college.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2TP5W
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16131
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHigher educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcollege studentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddatingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledheterosexualen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhookupsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledqualitativeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrelationshipsen_US
dc.titleDRINKING, TEXTING, AND HOOKING UP: THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE ON GETTING TOGETHER WITH MEN IN COLLEGEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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