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The Centrality and Costs of Heterosexual Romantic Love among First-Year College Women
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 76, Number 6, November/December 2005
- pp. 609-633
- 10.1353/jhe.2005.0040
- Article
- Additional Information
Using Holland and Eisenhart's (1990) Educated in Romance as a springboard from which to explore college women's relational lives, this study examines how first-year women reconcile romance with friendship and schoolwork. Findings suggest that romance remains central to women, although the reasons for this are unclear.