Abstract
This thesis examines college students' preferences for opening strategies in initial interactions. The research is divided into 4 studies. Study 1 created a list of opening strategies used by college students when meeting potential romantic others. Study 2 created a list of 15 locations where college students meet potential romantic partners. Study 3 clustered the 15 locations into 6 general types of locations through the use of multidimensional scaling. Study 4 first examined college students' preference of the opening strategies provided from Study 1. It then examined college students' preference for those opening strategies in different locations. Finally it analyzed college students preference of affinity-seeking strategies in initial interactions with potential romantic others. Findings indicated that college students prefer to use some opening strategies in certain locations and some opening strategies in all locations. There were no findings to indicate differences in preference of opening strategies due to gender.
Kear, Kelly Rae (1997). Preference of opening strategies for college students' use in initial interactions. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -1997 -THESIS -K43.