Taking Chances in Romantic Relationships.
2016; Project Innovation Austin; Volume: 50; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2691-3887
Autores Tópico(s)Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
ResumoA 64 item Internet questionnaire was completed by 381 undergraduates at a large southeastern university to assess taking in romantic relationships. Almost three fourths (72%) self-identified as being a willing to take in my love Engaging in unprotected sex, involvement in a friends with benefits relationship, breaking up with a partner to explore alternatives and having sex before being ready were the most frequent taking behaviors. Both love and alcohol were identified as contexts for increasing one's likelihood of taking in romantic relationships-60% and 66% respectively. Being male, a senior, a player, and Black were associated with higher frequencies of taking. Learning theory was used to explain the findings. Implications and limitations of the study are identified. Introduction and Research Questions On the ball again I'm riding for a fall again I'm gonna give my all again Taking a chance on love Taking a chance on love These words from the classic love song Taking a Chance on Love by Vernon Duke, John Latouche & Ted Fetter emphasize the connection between taking risks and romance. Couples in love, do indeed, take chances- they move in together after knowing each other for a short time, they change schools to be together, and they forgo condom usage thinking this time won't end in a pregnancy. Taking has been studied under the rubric of risk taking Previous research has focused on emotional taking (Carter and Carter, 2010), online taking (Baugartner et al. 2010), and sexual taking behavior (Cooper, 2010). Researchers have also identified personality (Turchik et al. 2010) and gender associations (Okonkwo, 2010) of those most likely to engage in taking behavior. The current study focused on five research questions: 1. To what degree do college students express a willingness to take in their romantic relationships? 2. To what degree does being in love and being under the influence affect chance taking behavior? 3. How does defining oneself as a risk-taker predict taking in romantic relationships? 4. What variables are associated with taking in romantic relationships? 5. To what degree do individuals who have misgivings about taking in relationships but go ahead anyway? In order to answer the first (% takers) and second (love/alcohol as contexts) research questions, we examined the responses to the following survey statements (with 5-point Likert-scale response categories ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree). 1. view myself as a taker. 2. am a person who is willing to take in my love relationship. 3. am in love, am vulnerable to taking 4. have been drinking alcohol, am more vulnerable to taking In order to answer the third (self definition of related to taking chances) and fourth (variable associated with taking) research questions, we analyzed 3 logistic regression models for each of the 8 variables of chance-taking activities as dependent variables (see Results section for descriptions of variables). The first model included independent variables of the responses to I view myself as a taker and I am a person who is willing to take in my love The second model added the variables of responses to When am in love, am vulnerable to taking chances and When have been drinking alcohol, am more vulnerable to taking chances. The third model included the following variables: sex, race, drinking habits, relationship status, class in college, age, religiosity, religious preference, total number of serious relationships, and political views. In order to answer the fifth (misgivings) research question, we filtered the dataset to include only yes responses to each of the 8 chance-taking activities identified earlier. …
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