Title

Does High Educational Attainment Limit The Availability Of Romantic Partners?

Keywords

educational attainment; relationship decision making; romantic partners; self-efficacy

Abstract

Research indicates that highly educated individuals endure hardships in finding suitable romantic partners. Romantic hardships affect social and emotional adjustment levels, leading to low self-efficacy in relationship decision making. To address the need for research pertaining to this topic, the authors explored the experiences of eight individuals purposively chosen. Conducting interviews based in qualitative methods, the authors discuss thematic patterns emerging from the study. Constraints such as lack of time and social outlets were barriers to meeting highly desirable mates. © 2010, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Publication Title

The Family Journal

Volume

18

Issue

4

Number of Pages

448-454

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480710378128

Socpus ID

77956325350 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77956325350

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