Begun, Bret, Jonathan Mummolo, and Alicia Barney. "The Ex-Factor." Newsweek 148.8/9 (2006): 88-89. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. This article goes into the effect that college has on personal relationships. Couples going off to separate colleges are faced with a difficult decision: whether to split up or attempt a long-distance relationship, a relationship that is definitely not characterized by it’s easiness. Moreover, this article talks about the different counseling programs that most campuses offer for separated student couples.
Sharon, Jayson. "What's a few THOUSAND MILES between two people in love?." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. This article is basically about a couple that wouldn’t let 1,055 miles come between them. It also goes to talk about different examples of couples in long distance relationships and puts an emphasis on multiple studies done, showing as many as 50% of long distance relationships are college students.
FIRMIN, MICHAEL W., RUTH L. FIRMIN, and KAILEE LORENZEN. "A Qualitative Analysis Of Loneliness Dynamics Involved With College Long-Distance Relationships." College Student Journal 48.1 (2014): 57-71. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. This article talked about a qualitative research study that went in-depth with it’s interviewees, 16 female, sophomore students who were involved in long distance relationships at a selective, comprehensive, private, Midwest university. This study specifically addresses the loneliness dynamics involved with distance relationships, and four different themes relating to loneliness were found.
Knox, David, et al. "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder?: Long Distance Dating Relationships Among College Students." College Student Journal 36.3 (2002): 364. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. This article presents a study that examined long distance relationships among college students. This study did so by analyzing the attitudes of college students towards previous experience with long distance relationships. It was an investigation of sex, race and age differences.
Stafford, Laura, and James R. Reske. "Idealization And Communication In Long-Distance Premarital Relationships." Family Relations 39.3 (1990): 274-279. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. This article talks about this phenomenom of idealization in long distance college relationships. This was a study that took 71 college couples and had them participate in a survey. The findings indicated that long distance couples have more restricted communication and a more idealized view of their partner than geographically lose couples. The study speculated that due to the limited contact of long distance couples, they postpone realistic assessments and create idealized images and thoughts in their head instead.
Roberts, Amber, and M. Carole Pistole. "Long-Distance And Proximal Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: Attachment And Closeness Predictors." Journal Of College Counseling 12.1 (2009): 5-17.Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. Roberts’ article examines relationship satisfaction in student long-distance romantic relationships versus that of geographically close romantic relationships. For both types of relationships, attachments style proportions and relationship satisfaction was similar. Moreover, the study discusses this link between low attachment avoidance and high LDR satisfaction and also that low attachment avoidance along with low attachment anxiety and living separately contribute positively to proximal romantic relationship satisfaction. However overall, proximity in relationships was not a unique predictor in satisfaction.
"Long-Distance Student Pairs Can Last,Researcher Says." National On-Campus Report 33.17 (2005): 5. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. This article discusses the findings of relationship researcher, Mary Carole Pistole, from Purdue University. In it, she found that long distance relationships among college students actually tend to last longer than other relationships. The article also estimates the number of college students who currently take part in a long distance relationship, and he advantages of having one.
Maguire, Katheryn C., and Terry A. Kinney. "When Distance Is Problematic: Communication, Coping, And Relational Satisfaction In Female College Students' Long-Distance Dating Relationships."Journal Of Applied Communication Research 38.1 (2010): 27-46.Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. This is one of many manuscripts in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Communication Research on “Communication and Distance.” This study’s purpose was to gain an in-depth understanding of the situations that are distressing to female college students in long distance relationships. And to also evaluate whether or not various communication coping strategies are helpful and if they had play a role is relational satisfaction.
ETCHEVERRY, PAUL E., et al. "Attachment And The Investment Model: Predictors Of Relationship Commitment, Maintenance, And Persistence." Personal Relationships 20.3 (2013): 546-567. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014. Research done by Paul E. Etcheverry is shown in this article; it exams adult attachment and the investment model. The first study tests anxiety and avoidance predicting romantic relationship commitment, mediated by satisfaction, alternatives, and investments. More studies on this topic were able to add outcomes of relationship maintenance and persistence. Ultimately, this article is about multiple different studies, all supported for men and women, in proximal and long distance relationships, and college student and community samples.
Maguire, Katheryn C. "Will It Ever End?": A (Re)Examination Of Uncertainty In College Student Long-Distance Dating Relationships."Communication Quarterly 55.4 (2007): 415-432. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Dec. 2014.h C This article’s main focus is a study that examined uncertainty in long distance dating relationships from two different perspectives. The first was the uncertainty reduction theory (URT) that proposes that uncertainty could potentially be problematic for LDRs, and the second is the uncertainty management theory (UMT) which recognizes and evaluates that future possibilities should be considered before determining whether or not uncertainty is an actual problem. Ultimately, this study found that LDR couples who were uncertain about their future in regards to living with each other or even in the same city were significantly more distressed and less satisfied while LDR couples who were far more certain about reunion tended to be more satisfied in their relationships.