Wu Hao, Luo Shanhong, Klettner Annelise, White Tyler, Albritton Kate
School of Health Management, 26468Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Psychology, 14621University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2023 Apr;126(2):791-811. doi: 10.1177/00332941211057144. Epub 2021 Dec 7.
Research on monetary decisions and behaviors in dating relationships is very limited. The purpose of this study was to examine college students' current practice and expectations for date payment for first and subsequent romantic dates in the framework of gender role theory. A sample of 552 heterosexual college students took an online survey that included questions about their actual and expected payment for their first and subsequent dates. Participants also completed several measures regarding their gender roles. The findings indicated that traditional gender norms in dating continue to be popular in the new millennium because in actual practice, men almost always paid the whole bill of the first dates and paid more for subsequent dates. When asked who should pay for the dates, participants also expected men to pay more for first and subsequent dates. Women did show some willingness to share date expenses, although nowhere close to be completely even. The findings also indicated that gender role attitudes played little role in actual practice but had a stronger role in date payment expectations, showing that individuals subscribing to traditional gender inequality views tended to believe that men should pay more for dates.
关于恋爱关系中金钱决策与行为的研究非常有限。本研究的目的是在性别角色理论框架下，考察大学生在首次及后续浪漫约会中支付费用的当前做法和期望。552名异性恋大学生参与了一项在线调查，其中包括关于他们首次及后续约会实际支付和期望支付情况的问题。参与者还完成了几项关于其性别角色的测评。研究结果表明，约会中的传统性别规范在新千年仍然很普遍，因为在实际情况中，男性几乎总是支付首次约会的全部费用，并且在后续约会中支付得更多。当被问及约会费用应由谁支付时，参与者也期望男性在首次及后续约会中支付更多费用。女性确实表现出了分担约会费用的意愿，尽管远未达到完全均等。研究结果还表明，性别角色态度在实际行为中作用不大，但在约会费用期望方面作用更强，这表明认同传统性别不平等观点的个体倾向于认为男性在约会中应支付更多费用。
