Date Someone Research Articles

Peers and Young Adult Electronic Nicotine Delivery Use: The Mediating Role of Vaping Attitudes/Beliefs

Objective To determine if social enhancement outcome expectancies, harm perceptions, and social normative beliefs, explain why young adults with a greater amount of peers who use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) subsequently report past 30-day ENDS use two years later. Method Participants were 1,721 young adults, who had used ENDS at least once, in the final three annual waves of a longitudinal study (spring 2017, 2018, 2019). At baseline, participants were 20-25 years old (M = 22.7; SD = 1.4), 64.0% female; 20.7% identified as a sexual gender minority; 33.7% non-Hispanic white, 34.3% Hispanic/Latino, 16.7% Asian, 7.4% Black, and 8.4% two or more or another racial/ethnic identity. A mediation model was used to test the study hypothesis. The exogenous predictor, peer ENDS use, was assessed at baseline. The mediating variables, social enhancement outcome expectancies, harm perceptions, and social normative beliefs (perceived social acceptability and willingness to date someone who uses ENDS) were assessed one year later. The outcome variable, past 30-day ENDS use, was assessed two years after baseline. Covariates included socio-demographic characteristics, past 30-day use of ENDS, tobacco, and cannabis, and past 14-day binge drinking, all assessed at baseline. Results Only the social normative belief of a greater willingness to date someone who uses ENDS significantly mediated the peer ENDS use – past 30-day ENDS use association two years later (b = 0.04, SE = 0.012, Bootstrap 95%CI: [0.02, 0.07]). Conclusions Prevention and intervention programs should consider altering favorable social normative attitudes toward ENDS into less favorable ones to decrease ENDS use in young adulthood.

Challenges of Making Love Work in Present Times

Purpose: This study examines the reasons for the difficulties of romantic relationships in the contemporary setting, determining the most important contemporary difficulties and their solutions. Its purpose is to integrate scholarly findings with practical applications for both scholars and relationship practitioners. Materials and Methods: We employed a mixed-methods approach, integrating a literature review with primary survey data and case study findings. We synthesized current theories and research pertaining to relationship dynamics and conducted a survey of adult partners (N = 220) and in-depth interviews with 12 couples. Findings: Outcomes identify five pervasive factors that are stressing modern relationships: social media and digital distractions, changes in social values (or "woke" culture) and ideological division, migration and distance pressures, hectic lifestyles and work stress, and unfinished business from upbringing. For example, nearly half of coupled individuals reported frequent smartphone distractions during interactions (pewresearch.org), and 71% of employees in our sample attributed job stress to relationship dissolution (mccrarencompliance.com). Partners also reported disagreements over differing social/political beliefs, resonating with research that almost 46% of singles refuse to date someone with different beliefs (matchmakingcompany.com) Unique Contribution to Theory: The research stresses that building healthy romantic relationships in the contemporary era needs the coordination of various elements between technological, societal, and individual levels. It presents a comprehensive model with evidence-based solutions from enhancing communication abilities to establishing technology boundaries to assist couples in navigating modern obstacles to satisfying relationships. The findings can be used by relationship therapists and coaches to design interventions based on the specific needs of their clients. In brief, the study emphasizes that despite the challenges presented to modern relationships, strategic intervention and awareness can significantly enhance relationship longevity as well as satisfaction.

I’d hook up with them, but never date them: how attitudes towards hooking up influence willingness to date those with a criminal history

ABSTRACT While research suggests that marriage and relationships play an important part in desistance, there is a lack of research examining the role criminal stigma plays in creating romantic relationships and that attitudinal factors that may affect someone’s decision to pursue a relationship with formerly convicted individuals. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by examining the relationship between endorsement of hook up culture and willingness to date someone carrying a criminal history. Using street intercepts, over 600 adults in the United States were asked to complete a survey measuring various demographic and attitudes to examine their dating behavior. Results from the study suggest that a respondents’ endorsement of hook up culture influences the willingness of a person to engage in a committed relationship such as dating. Unsurprisingly, criminal history, crime type, political leanings, and gender also influenced the willingness to date someone with a prior conviction while controlling for other demographic factors. The results of the study implicate the importance of considering the attitudinal and contextual factors related to the decision to engage in romantic relationships, committed or otherwise, with people who have a criminal record.

Multiracial Multilinguals: How Language Influences Multiracials’ Interpersonal Relationships

Lovers in interracial couples are more likely to have different heritage languages and first languages than same-race couples, and Multiracials are the offspring of interracial couples. As such, Multiracials’ linguistic socialization likely differs from that of monoracials. Our study examined the influence of ethnoracial socialization on monoracials’ and Multiracials’ linguistic knowledge and the influence of language and ethnoracial identity on individuals’ interpersonal relationships. We hypothesized that monoracials would be more likely to know their heritage language than Multiracials, that linguistic knowledge would differ between interminority Multiracial groups and half-White Multiracial groups, and that linguistic knowledge would be associated with the formation of both friendships and romantic relationships. Our sample included nearly a thousand students from a university in California. We found that monoracial minorities were more likely to be multilingual than both interminority Multiracials and half-White Multiracials. East Asian participants who spoke an East Asian language had a higher proportion of East Asian friends. Among Multiracials, Wasians and Latinasians who spoke an East Asian language primarily dated someone East Asian, Latinasians who spoke a Latin American language primarily dated someone Hispanic, and monolinguals of both groups were the ones most likely to date someone White. These findings suggest that linguistic knowledge plays a significant role in a community's social dynamics, affecting monoracials' and (especially) Multiracials' interpersonal relationships.

Is Love (Skin Color) Blind?: Skin Color and Interdating across Ethnoracial Groups1

The role skin color plays in shaping cross‐ethnoracial relationships is not well understood despite its implications for the trajectory of U.S. ethnoracial relations. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Freshmen, I investigate two questions: Among ethnoracial minorities, how does a person's skin color relate to the likelihood of dating individuals from another ethnoracial group? Does this relationship vary by the combination of ethnoracial backgrounds of the individuals who are dating? The results indicate that the influence of skin color on interdating may depend on the status levels of partners' ethnoracial groups. A person from a lower status group with a darker skin color—relative to other similar group members with lighter skin color—is less likely to date someone from a higher status group, but darker skin color is associated with a greater likelihood of interdating when a darker‐skinned member of a higher status group dates a member of a lower status group. Further, the results point to a complex relationship between two intermediate groups, Asians and Latinos, which seems dependent on Latino respondents' gender.

Canine distemper virus in Chile: Up date

The canine distemper virus unleashes ambiguities in Chile. There are academics from our Faculty who have begun to study it and have not yet yielded credible results, there are those who recently obtained funding to "begin" the antigenic and genomic characterization of the virus, and there are others who have described the existence of at least two of the fourteen Described genotypes: American-1 and European-1. The subject is exciting and jokingly he always said that when I am no longer here, even the Faculty will change its name incorporating "and canine distemper", because on that date someone else would take charge of the subject and then it would be interesting to study it. I fell short, it already started...

Gendered Racial Socialization and Interracial Dating Attitudes Among Black Women

The current study examines the association between gendered racial socialization messages received by Black women and their attitudes towards Black interracial relationships. Hierarchal linear regression was used to examine participant's (N = 269) exposure to messages regarding 1) racial gender pride and empowerment, 2) internalized gender racial oppression, and 3) family responsibilities and attitudes towards Black interracial relationships. Results indicated greater messages regarding gender racial pride and empowerment were associated with more positive attitudes toward interracial dating. Conversely, greater internalized gendered racial oppression and family responsibilities and expectations were associated with less favorable attitudes toward Black interracial relationships broadly. However, greater internalized gendered racial oppression and family responsibilities and expectations did not influence one's own willingness to date someone of a different race. These results have implications for future research directions related to Black women's gendered racial socialization using the Black Feminist Thought framework.

Surge in Extramarital Affairs During Work from Home: What We Know So far

Traditional physical workspaces have gone after the pandemic has happened. Individuals working at home have distractions that they would have not faced earlier. The usual working hours have taken a toll after they have started to work from home. Mental health and emotional support are not the same for professionals. Infidelity or extramarital affairs are also increasing in this situation where the individual is trying to date someone outside their marriage for emotional or mental support. The negative effect of an extramarital affair is expected to be exacerbated for the individuals working from home and involved in infidelity. The process of healing can also take time making a huge influence on the family relationships including children. In India, extradyadic relationships are not commonly talked about because of the wide cultural and societal influence. But the ground reality according to research studies is that there are many who indulge in the same. This article gives a brief background of extramarital and infidelity research carried out in the past 10 years (2012–2021) and sees how the extramarital affair in families has evolved and impacted individuals working from home during the pandemic.

A one year prospective examination of risk factors for pod-vape use among young adults

A one year prospective examination of risk factors for pod-vape use among young adults

Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy among first- and second-year students at a German university

Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy among first- and second-year students at a German university

Best Practices for Testing the Predictive Validity of Ideal Partner Preference-Matching.

Many psychological hypotheses require testing whether the similarity between two variables predicts important outcomes. For example, the ideal standards model posits that the match between (A) a participant's ideal partner preferences, and (B) the traits of a current/potential partner, predicts (C) evaluative outcomes (e.g., the decision to date someone, relationship satisfaction, breakup); tests of the predictive validity of ideal-matching require A × B → C analytic strategies. However, recent articles have incorrectly suggested that documenting a positive samplewide correlation between a participant's ideals and a current partner's traits (an A-B correlation) implies that participants pursued, selected, or desired partners with traits that matched their ideals. There are at least six alternative explanations for the emergence of a samplewide A-B correlation; A-B correlations do not provide evidence that ideals guide the selection/evaluation of specific partners. We review appropriately rigorous A × B → C tests that can aid scholars in identifying the circumstances in which ideal-matching exhibits predictive validity.

Examining College Students' Social Environment, Normative Beliefs, and Attitudes in Subsequent Initiation of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems.

Although use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) is increasingly prevalent among young adults, little is known about predictors of ENDS initiation among this population. We examined the roles of the social environment (i.e., peer ENDS use and household ENDS use), normative beliefs (i.e., social acceptability of ENDS use), and attitudes (i.e., inclination to date someone who uses ENDS) in prospectively predicting initiation of ENDS over a 1-year period among 18- to 29-year-old college students. Participants were 2,110 (18- to 29-year-old) students ( M = 20.27, SD = 2.17) from 24 colleges in Texas who participated in a three-wave online survey, with 6 months between each wave. All participants reported never using ENDS at baseline. A multivariable, multilevel logistic regression model, accounting for clustering of students within colleges, was used to assess if students' social environment, normative beliefs, and attitudes predicted subsequent initiation of ENDS up to 1 year later, adjusting for various sociodemographic factors and number of other tobacco products used. In all, 329 college students (16%) initiated ENDS within 1 year. Results from the logistic regression indicated that college students who were younger (18-24 years old), ever used other tobacco products, indicated a more dense peer network of ENDS users, and had a higher inclination to date someone who uses ENDS had higher odds of initiating ENDS than their peers. Preventing ENDS initiation should be included in college health promotion programs, which should highlight the roles of students' social environment and attitudes regarding ENDS use.

Pressured Sexting and Revenge Porn in a Sample of Massachusetts Adolescents

Digital communications are largely used for positive interactions but can also be a vehicle for harassment. Previous research has made is clear that sexting occurs, at times, because of peer pressure. This study examined pressured sexting and the unauthorized release of images in a cross-sectional sample studied in 2013-15. The convenience sample examined 1,320 students in Massachusetts. Over the years, more students admitted to sexting, but fewer reported any degree of pressure to sext. More than a third of sexters in 2014 and almost half of sexters in 2015 reported that the picture had been released without their consent. Interestingly, this did not seem to occur primarily within established relationships; instead, it seemed to target most often sexters who declined to date someone. Unauthorized distribution was related to several risk factors, including younger-aged sexters, those who sexted to multiple recipients, and those who were pressured into sexting initially.

“Date someone your own size”

We assessed whether people express more prejudice and discrimination toward mixed-weight couples (i.e., romantic partners with dissimilar body mass indexes [BMIs]) than matched-weight couples. In Study 1, people rated mixed-weight couples less favorably than matched-weight couples. In Study 2, people acted as matchmakers; they chose to pair potential relationship partners on the basis of similar BMI and body size. Mixed-weight couples were perceived as poorer matches than matched-weight couples. In Study 3, people offered advice to a person dating a mixed-weight or matched-weight partner. Men and women dating a mixed-weight, rather than matched-weight, partner were advised to go on less active, public, and expensive dates, display less physical affection, and delay introductions to close others. In Study 4, perceived relational inequity, prejudice toward mixed-status relationships, in general, and system justification motives moderated mixed-weight prejudice. Implications for couples are discussed.

Taboo or Tabula Rasa: Cross-Racial/Cultural Dating Preferences amongst Chinese, Japanese, and Korean International Students in an American University

International students bring racial attitudes and group preferences that affect campus climates. Forty-seven Chinese, Japanese, and Korean college international students were interviewed, regarding their perceptions of race/ethnicity and nationality, when it comes to dating and romantic relationships on college campuses. Thirty-five out of forty-seven students interviewed said they would ideally want to date someone from their own cultural background, so that communication gaps would not occur, but when probed beyond language barriers, international students appeared to have a racial hierarchy when it came to dating. Students were not only influenced by parental approval of dating partners, but also US media images that helped create a racial hierarchy of dating and cultural capital. White Americans were the most desirable dating partner for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean international students; Asian-Americans were slightly below white Americans, while African-American, Latino, and Southeast Asian students were the least desirous.

Online dating preferences of Asian Americans

This study investigates the inter- and intraracial dating preferences of heterosexual Asian males and females as well as gay Asian males. Using data collected from 1270 Internet dating profiles, logistic regression is employed to examine the odds of one’s willingness to date someone who is Asian, White, Black, Hispanic, and some other race. The findings suggest that heterosexual females and gay males prefer to date Whites over nonwhites. Moreover, respondents from both sexual orientations were less likely to express a preference to date another Asian compared to their heterosexual male counterparts. Our results also reveal that educational attainment influences the willingness among Asians to date a fellow Asian. Finally, the analyses indicate significant differences in dating preferences based on the region of residence and age. The current results are discussed in relation to both the historical and present sociocultural racial climate, focusing on how media depictions and identity formation may play a part in shaping racial dating preferences for Asians.

Baby boomers and beyond: Crossing racial boundaries in search for love

Baby boomers and beyond: Crossing racial boundaries in search for love

Crossing the Line Online: Racial Preference of Internet Daters

The use of the Internet has transformed the way singles date and how families are formed. Frequencies and multinomial logistic regression in this exploratory study reveal that although some singles are willing to date a person of any race, they are more likely to prefer to date someone of their same race. Dominant racial norms remain prevalent even when structural barriers of contact are reduced. This study demonstrates how use of the Internet provides unique data on actual dating preferences and illustrates the continued importance of race in partner selection. Additional research should expand on this study and the use of Internet dating sites as sources of data to continue to examine partner preferences and how technology influences partner selection.

Sexual Activity after Conjugal Separation

Conjugal separation is an increasingly frequent event and occurs at an ever earlier stage in life (Daguet, 1996). Demographers have examined the differences between men and women in the intensity of and length of time to new union formation, and in the age difference between partners in new unions (Bozon, 1990; Festy, 1991; Villeneuve-Gokalp, 1991). A study based on data from the Etude de l'histoire familiale family history survey of 1999 (Cassan et al., 2001) reveals that a man has a 23% greater chance, all other things being equal, of entering a new union than a woman. The age at conjugal separation is the key variable: before age 35, women and men form new unions much more frequently than after that age. All other things being equal, women who do not have a young child are only slightly more likely to form a new union (7%) than those who have one or more young children. Though the probabilities of entering a new union are relatively well known, we know little about the way in which individuals' emotional and sexual life is reorganized immediately after a conjugal separation.The reorganization of emotional and sexual life after a separation is a preliminary to repartnering, as immediate transition from a first to a second union is uncommon. Very few people refuse to envisage a new romantic relationship, though a larger number say they have no desire to enter a new union (Villeneuve-Gokalp, 1991). Starting a relationship with a new sexual or dating partner does not always lead to union formation, either because the partners are satisfied with a non-cohabiting dating relationship, or because the necessary conditions are not satisfied. Determining the ways in which these new dating relationships are formed sheds light not only on one of the preliminaries to repartnering, but also, more broadly, on the organization of a post-conjugal dating market.In this article, we will describe, by age and sex, the factors influencing the pursuit of sexual and romantic relationships after a conjugal separation by examining three aspects in turn. The comparison between men and women is the common thread that links them. Like repartnering, is the pursuit of sexual and dating relationships easier for men than for women? One objective is to identify pertinent indicators for comparing the situations of men and women in terms of access to new partners. A second question concerns the circumstances of separation. How does the presence or absence of parallel relationships before the demise of the couple influence subsequent sexual activity? Is the situation the same for men and for women? Lastly, a third question concerns the way in which individuals adapt to the dating market (Bozon and Heran, 1989). The problem is as follows: while up to age 25 or so, a minority of individuals live with a partner and a large proportion of the people encountered in daily life are potentially available for dating relationships, the situation is rapidly reversed as age increases. After age 25, the vast majority of potential partners are in a union or a steady relationship. Following conjugal separation, individuals looking for a dating partner find themselves in a much narrower market. How do they adapt to the situation? Are they willing to date someone who is already in another relationship? In particular, do market constraints affect men and women equally?After describing the survey and the study population, we will examine the sexual context in which conjugal separation occurs. We will then present the various trajectories involved in meeting a first post-conjugal sexual partner and the characteristics of this partner. Lastly, we will describe the more complex sexual trajectories of cases where there are several partners after separation.I. The data: a survey module on sexual activity after conjugal separationFew data are available to study sexual activity after conjugal separation. Sexuality surveys are scarce and rarely involve the collection of event history data. …

Passion's Progress: Modern Law Reform and the Provocation Defense

Based on a systematic study of fifteen years of murder cases, this article concludes that reform challenges our conventional ideas of a crime of passion and, in the process, leads to a murder law that is both illiberal and often perverse. If life tells us that crimes of are the stuff of sordid affairs and bedside confrontations, reform tells us that the law's may be something quite different. A significant number of the reform cases the author has studied involve no sexual infidelity whatsoever, but only the desire of the killer's victim to leave a miserable relationship. Reform has permitted juries to return a manslaughter verdict in cases where the defendant claims because the victim left, moved the furniture out, planned a divorce, or sought a protective order. Even infidelity has been transformed under reform's gaze into something quite different from the sexual betrayal we might expect -- it is the infidelity of a fiancee who danced with another, of a girlfriend who decided to date someone else, and of the divorcee found pursuing a new relationship months after the final decree. In the end, reform has transformed from the classical adultery to the modern dating and moving and leaving. And because of that transformation, these killings, at least in reform states, may no longer carry the law's name of murder.