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Hooking up during the college years: is there a pattern?

Patricia N E Roberson1, Spencer B Olmstead, Frank D Fincham

  • 1a Department of Child and Family Studies , The University of Tennessee , Knoxville , USA.

Culture, Health & Sexuality
|November 18, 2014
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Hooking up rates among college students increase during the first two years and then decline. Gender differences in hooking up patterns were not significant when analyzed over time.

Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Public Health
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Hooking up, defined as sexual encounters without relationship expectations, is prevalent on US college campuses.
  • Limited research exists on how the frequency of hooking up changes throughout the college experience.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the changes in hooking up rates among undergraduate students over their college careers.
  • To investigate the influence of alcohol use, gender, and relationship status on hooking up frequency.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized cross-sectional data from 1003 undergraduate students.
  • Employed logistic regression and survival analysis to assess hooking up rates.
  • Analyzed the synthetic cohort to understand temporal trends.
Keywords:
USAhook upssexual developmentyoung people

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Main Results:

  • Survival analysis revealed an increase in hooking up rates, peaking between the first and second year of college, followed by a decline.
  • Logistic regression indicated women reported fewer hookups, but this gender difference was not significant in the survival analysis.
  • Alcohol use and relationship status were considered as covariates.

Conclusions:

  • Hooking up frequency follows a distinct pattern throughout the college experience, peaking in the early years.
  • Survival analysis offers a more comprehensive understanding of temporal trends in hooking up behavior compared to logistic regression.
  • Findings have implications for college student sexual health initiatives and future research directions.