Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1429837
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0897-5264
EISSN: EISSN-1543-3382
"We Are the Authors of Our Relationship": Queering Love Languages in LGBTQ+ Students' Intimate Relationships
Amanda L. Mollet; Jordan A. Smoot
Journal of College Student Development, v65 n3 p238-253 2024
This qualitative study examined the experiences of 14 LGBTQ+ college students in healthy intimate relationships with a focus on the ways that romantic partners give and receive affection. Framed through a consideration of "love languages," this study challenges and extends what have become socially normative strategies for demonstrating affection.
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Students, Intimacy, Interpersonal Relationship, Psychological Needs, Student Experience, Minority Group Students, Sexual Orientation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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