Examining First Date Goals Across Different Types of Date Initiation
Author ORCID Identifier
David Henningsen:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1147-9534
Mary Lynn Henningsen:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9816-0018
Publication Title
Marriage and Family Review
ISSN
1494929
E-ISSN
15409635
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Individual goals for first dates are examined in the context of requesting the first date, accepting a first date request, going on a blind date, and going on a group date in a sample of 211 college students. Results indicate that first dates are more likely to be group dates than blind dates or requested dates and those individuals on blind dates and group dates are less likely to endorse goals of having sex or investigating romantic potential than those who request or accept the first date. Results are considered using error management theory, cognitive valence theory, and stage models of relationships. The differences that emerge across the type of date initiation indicate the type of date initiation and are important in addressing courtship.
First Page
449
Last Page
469
Publication Date
7-3-2020
DOI
10.1080/01494929.2020.1728003
Keywords
Dating relationships, evolutionary theory, mate selection, relationships, stage models, turning points
Recommended Citation
Henningsen, David D. and Henningsen, Mary Lynn, "Examining First Date Goals Across Different Types of Date Initiation" (2020). NIU Bibliography. 240.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/niubib/240
Department
Department of Communication
