Hook Up Culture

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Data were collected from a convenience sample of undergraduate women attending North Carolina Central University and Duke University. With the survey being sent out to every female undergraduate with a university registered email on each campus, 2,200 completed responses were received. Due to the nature of “Hook-Up Culture”, single women became the focus of the study and from the sample 1,800, single students were self-identified. The exclusion of 400 students was due to subjects not answering items, a concrete relation status or survey answers that conflicted (e.g. inconsistencies in participants’ reports of sex partners in different questions). Participants were diverse with many participants identifying as White (46.5%), Black (39.3%), Asian (4.6%), Latinx (3.9%) or non-reported (5.7%). Their mean age was 20.7 years (SD = 1.9)
Measures
A questionnaire was curated to query participants’ demographic background (e.g. gender identity, sexuality, race and religious affiliation), perspectives they have around “hook up culture”, sexual double standards and their personal involvement in non-committal sex. The items in this questionnaire were formulated by the researchers that administered it (= .87). As many existing surveys about sexual behaviors assess this in different ways, it …show more content…

From the time they were sent out, students had 3 months to submit their responses; giving them an extended time for reflection and submission. As participants opened the form they were provided with instructions for completion, the information about the Amazon gift card raffle and a consent form in align with the International Review Board standards. All surveys were confidential and anonymous with no questions concerning names or id numbers. Once the data was analyzed, participants were sent debriefing information and contact info for any

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