Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
Abstract Research on initial romantic attraction flourished in the 1960s and 1970s but has now been partially eclipsed by research on close relationships. The authors argue that speed‐dating procedures, in which participants attend an event where they experience brief “dates” with a series of potential romantic partners, permit researchers to “retrofit” the advances of close relationships research to the study of initial romantic attraction. Speed‐dating procedures also allow for strong tests of many fundamental attraction‐related hypotheses and, via longitudinal follow‐ups, could unify the fields of initial romantic attraction and close relationships. This article will help investigators conduct speed‐dating studies by addressing the methodological and logistical issues they will face and by illustrating procedures with a description of the Northwestern Speed‐Dating Study.
Finkel et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: