Rating-Dating or Simply Prestige Homogamy? Data on Dating in the Greek System on a Midwestern Campus.

Krain, Mark; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ173119

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Publication Date: 1977

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Rating-Dating or Simply Prestige Homogamy? Data on Dating in the Greek System on a Midwestern Campus

Krain, Mark; And Others

Journal of Marriage and the Family, 39, 4, 663-674, Nov 77

Greek organization members generated the scale of prestige for Greek organizations. Another sample of Greek organization members furnished data on their dating and the Greek affiliations of their dating partners. Prestige homogamy was evident in the findings but none of the three attributes distinctive of rating-dating was found. (Author)

Descriptors: College Students, Dating (Social), Fraternities, Interpersonal Relationship, Mate Selection, Research Projects, Social Life, Social Organizations, Status

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