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Pluralistic ignorance and hooking up.

Tracy A Lambert1, Arnold S Kahn, Kevin J Apple

  • 1James Madison University, USA.

Journal of Sex Research
|August 9, 2003
PubMed
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College students often engage in casual sex, or hooking up, but overestimate their peers' comfort levels. This pluralistic ignorance regarding sexual behaviors can impact student perceptions and experiences.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Hooking up has become a prevalent sexual behavior on college campuses.
  • Pluralistic ignorance, where individuals privately reject a norm but assume others accept it, may influence hooking up dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of pluralistic ignorance in the context of college students' hooking up behaviors.
  • To examine gender differences in comfort levels and perceptions of peer comfort related to hooking up.

Main Methods:

  • Survey administered to 136 female and 128 male college students.
  • Assessed participants' self-reported comfort and perceived peer comfort with various sexual behaviors during hooking up.

Main Results:

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  • Both men and women perceived their peers as more comfortable with hooking up behaviors than they were themselves.
  • Men reported higher comfort levels than women.
  • Both genders overestimated the other gender's comfort with hooking up behaviors.

Conclusions:

  • Pluralistic ignorance is evident in college students' attitudes towards hooking up.
  • Misperceptions of peer norms may shape individual behavior and experiences in casual sexual encounters on campus.