@article{ref1,
title="First semester college students' definitions of and expectations for engaging in hookups",
journal="Journal of adolescent research",
year="2018",
author="Olmstead, Spencer B. and Conrad, Kathryn A. and Anders, Kristin M.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="275-305",
abstract="Our study was guided by a developmental lens (emerging adulthood) and the theory of symbolic interaction as we attended to the meanings and definitions that contextualize expectations for engaging in hookups while attending college. Using a directed approach to qualitative content analysis, we examined first semester college men's and women's (N = 253) responses to a series of open-ended questions focused on definitions of and expectations for hooking up. Six definitional variations of hooking up emerged from these responses: (a) &quot;sex&quot; left undefined, (b) making out, (c) a range of sexual activities, (d) &quot;sex&quot; defined as intercourse, (e) the &quot;all but sex&quot; continuum, and (f) hanging out or going on a date. Chi-square analyses indicated no proportional differences in these definitions based on participant gender. Characteristics of hookup partners were also identified in participant responses. Whereas a greater proportion of men identified physical appearance as a necessary attribute of a potential hookup partner, a greater proportion of women discussed (a) familiarity with a hookup partner and (b) hookups as occurring between noncommitted individuals. Also, a greater proportion of men than women indicated expectations to hookup while attending college. Implications for research, relationship and sexual health education, and policy are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0743-5584",
doi="10.1177/0743558417698571",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0743558417698571"
}