This study combined qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the reasons many women use indirect messages to say "no" to men's attempts to escalate sexual intimacy. Subjects were six female students at a large southwestern university. At one time, one group had four women, at another time the group had two women. All were…

Intimacy was investigated using the perceived intimacy scores of different scales obtained from the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships Inventory. Independent variables were gender, age, relationship type, and length of time married or dating. The sample consisted of 32 males and 84 females. Significant interactions were: gender and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attributes which college students use to describe a desired mate or relationship needs. The sample consisted of 108 students, of which 58 were females and 50 were males. The following independent variables were investigated: gender, age, relationship status, and family structure. The dependent…