Christian Romantic Relational Development among Post-Undergraduate Students: Understanding the Effect of the Social Penetration Theory
Introduction
Context This research proposal will analyze and explain how the Social Penetration Theory (SPT) manifests itself in the lives of Christian romantic relationships after college. This proposal, focusing on male and female relationships between the ages of 22-30, will exclusively consider Christians who finished their undergraduate education at Grand Canyon University (GCU). Different factors to consider are how former GCU students move away from the dating stages, towards engagement, and then marriage either while earning their degree or after finishing their degree.
Cultural, Historical, & Societal issues Numerous different cultural, historical, and societal issues must be considered when analyzing the romantic relationships of former college students. For example, one cultural element to consider with Christians living in the United States is that they typically have a later sexual debut and have fewer sexual partners (Burdette, & Hill, 2009). This may be due to the U.S. cultural standards of having more conservative and antagonistic viewpoints towards sexuality than other nations (Scott, 1998). Other issues relevant to the proposal include historical and societal ones.
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Hypothesis (H) 1: The SPT manifest itself through dialogue and couples spending time with one another for an extended period of time. H2: As Christian romantic relationships develop and the longer two partners are with one another, dialogues develop from discussing relatively mundane topics such as the weather, school, or primary emotions, to more deep and personal subjects such as marriage, sexual views, and biblical beliefs. H3: Once two Christian’s marry, their communication patterns change as they put a heightened focus on keeping God at the relationships
Introduction
Context This research proposal will analyze and explain how the Social Penetration Theory (SPT) manifests itself in the lives of Christian romantic relationships after college. This proposal, focusing on male and female relationships between the ages of 22-30, will exclusively consider Christians who finished their undergraduate education at Grand Canyon University (GCU). Different factors to consider are how former GCU students move away from the dating stages, towards engagement, and then marriage either while earning their degree or after finishing their degree.
Cultural, Historical, & Societal issues Numerous different cultural, historical, and societal issues must be considered when analyzing the romantic relationships of former college students. For example, one cultural element to consider with Christians living in the United States is that they typically have a later sexual debut and have fewer sexual partners (Burdette, & Hill, 2009). This may be due to the U.S. cultural standards of having more conservative and antagonistic viewpoints towards sexuality than other nations (Scott, 1998). Other issues relevant to the proposal include historical and societal ones.
For …show more content…
Hypothesis (H) 1: The SPT manifest itself through dialogue and couples spending time with one another for an extended period of time. H2: As Christian romantic relationships develop and the longer two partners are with one another, dialogues develop from discussing relatively mundane topics such as the weather, school, or primary emotions, to more deep and personal subjects such as marriage, sexual views, and biblical beliefs. H3: Once two Christian’s marry, their communication patterns change as they put a heightened focus on keeping God at the relationships