Relationship between Parental Views and Romantic Happiness in College Women

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clift C. Georgaklis
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Oedipus Complex ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Parental Views ◽  
Women's Relationships ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Three Components

The aim of this study was to determine whether women's view of their fathers related to romantic happiness with their boyfriends. Attachment to the father, view of him as powerful, and his rated physical attractiveness were the main questionnaire items pertaining to the women's Oedipus Complex. Their relationships with boyfriends were evaluated in terms of intimacy, passion, and commitment, the three components of love according to Sternberg's triangular theory of love. In 56 romantically involved undergraduate women, significant positive correlations were found between the rated power and attractiveness of the father and the passion and commitment components in these women's relationships with their boyfriends. Low correlations of ratings of intimacy were found only with responses to questions relating to mothers. Ratings of attachment to mothers were greater than attachment to fathers, and 56 romantically involved women had greater present attachment to their mothers than 39 who were not involved. Perhaps mothers influence the intimacy component more and fathers passion and commitment of the daughters.

scholarly journals The Use of Drinking and Sexual Assault Protective Behavioral Strategies: Associations With Sexual Victimization and Revictimization Among College Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Neilson ◽  
Amanda K. Gilmore ◽  
Hanna T. Pinsky ◽  
Molly E. Shepard ◽  
Melissa A. Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
College Women ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Protective Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
College Sexual Assault

Despite consistent high rates of campus sexual assault, little research has examined effective strategies to decrease sexual assault victimization. Sexual assault and drinking protective behavioral strategies (PBS) may be important means of reducing sexual assault victimization risk on college campuses but need further examination. The current study examined the relationship among sexual assault in childhood, before college, and since college to evaluate the mitigating roles of both sexual assault PBS and drinking PBS on sexual assault victimization. Participants ( n = 620) were undergraduate women, 18 to 20 years old. The current study was a cross-sectional online survey assessing participants’ sexual assault PBS and sexual assault history. Sexual assault history was positively associated with future sexual assault experiences. Pre-college sexual assault was associated with increased since-college sexual assault and increased drinks per week. Since-college adolescent/adult sexual assault was associated with less use of sexual assault PBS. These findings suggest that PBS may have an important role in sexual assault victimization and future research should examine their usefulness in risk reduction programs for college women.

Associations Between Women’s Experiences of Sexual Violence and Forgiveness

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1041-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Meghan Davidson ◽  
Nicole M. Lozano ◽  
Brian P. Cole ◽  
Sarah J. Gervais
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
College Women ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Construct ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Self Forgiveness ◽  
Forgiveness Of Others

The purpose of this study was to examine forgiveness and sexual violence among college women. Undergraduate women (N = 503) completed an online survey assessing experiences of sexual violence and forgiveness. Simultaneous multivariate regressions revealed that experiencing more sexual violence was associated with more revenge and avoidance, and less benevolence. Furthermore, findings indicated that more experiences of sexual violence were negatively associated with forgiveness of self, forgiveness of others, and forgiveness of uncontrollable situations. This work begins to fill critical gaps in the extant literature because it is the only study to date that examines sexual violence and the positive psychological construct of forgiveness. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

FEMININITY, DEPRESSION AND STRESS IN COLLEGE WOMEN

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth W. Brazelton ◽  
Katherine S. Greene ◽  
Malcolm Gynther
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
College Women ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Self Report ◽  
College Females ◽  
Positive Correlations

This study evaluated the relationships among femininity, depression, and stress. One hundred eighty-six college females were given the Beck Depression Inventory, the Behavioral Self-report of Femininity and the Psychological Distress Inventory. Positive correlations were found between femininity and depression. Lower femininity and lower depression scores tended to be associated with reports of high stress. Further work is needed to clarify the relationships among these important variables.

PHILOSOPHIES OF HUMAN NATURE AND PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Weller
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Differential Perception ◽  
Positive Correlations

Most studies on beauty have demonstrated advantages accruing to the beautiful person. This research examines the effects of social perceptions of differential perception of beauty; specifically, does one's philosophy of human nature affect perceptions of beauty? Sixty-two men and women rated ten passport pictures on a five point scale from very ugly to very beautiful. They also completed Wrightsman's (1974) Philosophies of Human Nature Scale. Positive correlations were obtained for four of the six subscales.

Sex Bias and Career Evaluations by College Women

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 705-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A. Basow ◽  
Karen G. Howe
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Sex Bias ◽  
Undergraduate Women

Careers described by a woman were rated by 55 undergraduate women as having greater potential for advancement than when presented by a man. Sex bias was not found for 5 other factors in careers.

Reasons for Exercise Behavior Among American and Chinese College Women

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zi Yan ◽  
Bonnie Berger ◽  
David Tobar ◽  
Bradley J. Cardinal
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Exercise Behavior ◽  
Exercise Motivation ◽  
American Women ◽  
Exercise Participation ◽  
Reasons For Exercise

The exercise motivation of American and Chinese college women was examined. American women were found to exercise more for fitness, physical attractiveness, and weight control, and the Chinese women more for enjoyment. Women in different stages of exercise behavior expressed different reasons for exercise in terms of enjoyment, fitness, health, mood, and physical attractiveness. Focusing one’s attention on reasons such as enjoyment for Chinese women and fitness, physical attractiveness, and weight control for American women may be important in terms of exercise participation. The long-term exercisers expressed higher levels of motivation in terms of enjoyment, fitness, health, mood, and physical attractiveness.

Altruism in College Women

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Walker ◽  
Donald L. Mosher
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Type Definition ◽  
Sorority Women ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sociometric Ratings ◽  
The Ideal

Sociometric ratings by sorority women were used reliably to nominate women who were altruistic and nonaltruistic. Evidence for convergent validity was found through high correlations between sociometric altruism and sociometric friendliness and trust while evidence for discriminate validity was inferred when sociometric altruism was unrelated to sociometric independence and physical attractiveness. The top and bottom 20% of the 207 sorority women were individually interviewed. The women responded to five altruism situations and to questions in 12 areas relevant to altruism. Sociometric altruism was strongly correlated with interview altruism measures. However, the responses of the altruistic women in the interview did not correspond completely to the ideal-type definition of altruism used in the nominating procedure. Rather than being motivated to help another through intrinsic satisfaction experienced when aiding another, the altruistic women appear to be motivated by conceptions of reciprocity and mutuality in friendly interpersonal relations. Less altruistic women are more concerned with a contractual reciprocity.

Affect Intensity and Self-Consciousness in College Students

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon L. Flett ◽  
Paul Boase ◽  
Mary Pat McAndrews ◽  
Kirk R. Blankstein ◽  
Patricia Pliner
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Affect Intensity ◽  
Intensity Measure ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Public Self Consciousness

The present study examined the correlations of scores on the Affect Intensity Measure and the Self-consciousness Scale. Positive correlations between dispositional levels of affect intensity, private self-consciousness, and public self-consciousness were obtained for 81 undergraduate women but not for the 46 men. The results are interpreted as further evidence of the validity of the Affect Intensity Measure.

Substance Use, Risky Sex, and Peer Interactions Predict Sexual Assault Among College Women: An Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095872
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Yeater ◽  
Katie Witkiewitz ◽  
Maria Testa ◽  
Angela D. Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
College Women ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Risky Sex ◽  
Undergraduate Women ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Sexual assault is an unfortunately common experience among women in college campuses. This study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to gain a better understanding of the contextual determinants of sexual assault among college women. EMA reports inquired about sexual assault experiences, risky sex (sex without a condom and regretted hookups), and substance use (alcohol and cannabis use), as well as what activities participants were engaged in (e.g., pregaming, drinking with peers, and drinking with a casual sexual partner), and whether they experienced peer pressure to engage in casual sex. Participants were 103 freshman undergraduate women (18–24 years old) at a Southwestern university in the United States, who were unmarried, interested in dating opposite-sex partners, engaged in binge drinking (defined as having 3 or more drinks on one occasion) in the past month, and reported at least one experience of sexual intercourse in their lifetime. Participants completed reports (one random and two time-contingent) via EMA three times a day over a 42-day period. Compliance in completing EMA reports was good (84.2% of prompted reports were completed), and time-to-completion of reports once signaled was acceptable (mean = 26 minutes, median = 5.75 minutes). During the 42 days, 40 women (38.8%) reported 75 occasions of sexual assault. The odds of experiencing sexual assault were significantly greater during occasions of regretted hookups and unprotected sex. Additionally, drinking with peers and peer pressure to engage in casual sex were each associated significantly with occasions of sexual assault. Reducing risk for sexual assault among undergraduate women may be possible by targeting these behaviors and contextual features in near real-time via momentary intervention.

Depression in Women as Related to Anger and Mutuality in Relationships

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth D. Sperberg ◽  
Sally D. Stabb
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Relation Theory ◽  
Emotional Expressivity ◽  
Anger Suppression ◽  
Self In Relation ◽  
Women's Relationships ◽  
Partner Relationships

Self-in-relation theory (Jordan, Kaplan, Miller, Stiver, & Surrey, 1991) proposes that a lack of mutuality in women's relationships predisposes them to depression and inhibits their ability to acknowledge and address effectively emotions such as anger. Research linking anger to depression has not examined women's emotional expressivity within the context of their partner relationships. Women's depression as a function of both their level of anger suppression or inappropriate anger expression and the level of perceived relationship mutuality was studied in a sample of 223 college women, aged 18 to 54. Lower levels of mutuality and higher levels of suppressed or inappropriately expressed anger were associated with depression. Moreover, mutuality made contributions to predicting depression beyond that explained by anger. Lower mutuality was also related to higher anger suppression, but unrelated to inappropriately expressed anger.

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