Abstract
The research was funded through the Center for Undergraduate Research at Albany State University. Abstract This paper is the completion of a replication of an earlier project which contributes to research on families, specifically courtship behaviors, attitudes, and strategies by young men of color in dating and searching for a life partner. Prior research indicates that males select female partners on physical attractiveness, and sex role socialization. Data collection via SurveyMonkey obtained 68 respondents, and a final sample size of 56 after filtering via four screening measures. The adjusted sample size of 48 participants ensured that all of those in the sample identified as single, heterosexual, Black/African American males. Data obtained is compared to data from 1948 with a similar population. Preliminary results indicate that the top two reasons for dating are companionship and finding a suitable life partner/mate. Spearman’s rho correlation indicated several statistically significant monotonic relationships between the “Appropriate Behavior in Courtship” statements. Limitations include validity/reliability of the measure of “courtship behaviors” statements as it was not created as a scale, and items were unable to be reverse coded due to a lack of additional information from the original study. Keywords: courtship, dating, marriage, Historically Black Colleges & Universities, African American Males DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/10-4-14 Publication date: February 29 th 2020
Highlights
Courtship behaviors, college dating and courtship behaviors, are dictated by cultural norms and values, including those within the university culture itself
The study contributes to the existing knowledge in the field of sociology and psychology based on prior work completed by Dr Charles Vert Willie within his Master’s thesis (1949) and the continuation of his work on African American marriages and families
The study assists in the research on families, focusing on the courtship behaviors that lead to coupling, by studying the modern day courtship behaviors and strategies of traditional college-aged men, at an HBCU
Summary
College dating and courtship behaviors, are dictated by cultural norms and values, including those within the university culture itself. Using questions from Willie (1949), the project aims to assess if there are courtship behaviors, which have shifted or are similar, using updating to newer terminology and technological use. The study assists in the research on families, focusing on the courtship behaviors that lead to coupling, by studying the modern day courtship behaviors and strategies of traditional college-aged men, at an HBCU. It assist us in identifying shifts in courtship behaviors from Dr Willie’s original work or if the previous courtship behaviors are similar/alike but with different “named” components
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