Why Stay? Looking at Relational Satisfaction in Situationships
Presenter(s)
Addison McBroom
Abstract
The first time I learned about situationships is when I came to colleges. Situationship is a term that was created by pop culture and is defined as a romantic or sexual relationship that has not been formalized. For my research I am using a self-report anonymous survey in hopes to understand why college aged students are in these types of informal relationships. Further so I am looking at the differences in how males and females perceive relational communication within the situationships and if that effects the results. Situationships are an understudied subject with very minimum research, that I feel needs to be studied. I hope that this study will help to provide further insight on this subject and discover more about how situationships are perceived.
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department
Communication Studies
Campus
Winona
First Advisor/Mentor
Adam Gaffey
Location
Kryzsko Great River Ballroom, Winona, Minnesota; United States
Start Date
4-23-2026 2:00 PM
End Date
4-23-2026 3:00 PM
Presentation Type
Poster Session
Format of Presentation or Performance
In-Person
Session
2b=2pm-3pm
Poster Number
82
Why Stay? Looking at Relational Satisfaction in Situationships
Kryzsko Great River Ballroom, Winona, Minnesota; United States
The first time I learned about situationships is when I came to colleges. Situationship is a term that was created by pop culture and is defined as a romantic or sexual relationship that has not been formalized. For my research I am using a self-report anonymous survey in hopes to understand why college aged students are in these types of informal relationships. Further so I am looking at the differences in how males and females perceive relational communication within the situationships and if that effects the results. Situationships are an understudied subject with very minimum research, that I feel needs to be studied. I hope that this study will help to provide further insight on this subject and discover more about how situationships are perceived.
Comments
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