The Current Collegiate Hookup Culture: Dating Apps, Hookup Scripts, and Sexual Outcomes

The Current Collegiate Hookup Culture provides a holistic picture of the  current hookup culture in American college campuses. Based on the  findings from a nationally representative survey, Aditi Paul  demonstrates that hookups initiated through dating apps are  fundamentally different from hookups that ensue from conventional  meeting contexts. By comparing the socio-demographic and psychological  profiles of students who report meeting their hookup partners through  dating apps compared to other venues, she examines if and how hookup  scripts and the physical and emotional outcomes of hookups differ across  meeting contexts. Furthermore, she explores the potential effect of  sexually permissive practices and impresses the importance of including  international students into the larger conversation surrounding hookup  culture. The Current Collegiate Hookup Culture calls into question  long-held gender-specific beliefs about the collegiate hookup culture  and advocates moving past dated assumptions for an understanding that  more accurately represents the current hookup culture in American  college campuses.