Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Emily A. Waterman, M. S: eaw psu. These students may experience the transition to college differently than their peers do.
Interpersonal relationships during the transition to college, including romantic relationships, may have implications for affect, connection to the university, and health e. In the current paper, we explore the roles of LDDRs and their dissolution in college student adjustment.
The current paper advances the literature on romantic relationships and romantic relationship dissolution in several ways. Previous research on LDDRs and relationship dissolution has been overwhelmingly cross-sectional, and thus, there is potential for confounding third variables. Thus, in the current study, we use daily diary data to examine how different types of romantic relationship and relationship dissolution impact the day-to-day experiences of college students.
In addition to daily diary data, we use longitudinal data to measure relationship changes that occur over the course of months. Many students begin college with a romantic partner, and these partners are frequently separated by considerable geographic distanceβabout half of college students report a current or prior LDDR Knox et al. Although geographic distance between LDDR partners varies substantially, distance limits the amount of in-person interaction between partners.
Partners in LDDRs interact with their partners in the extremesβeither together frequently during visits or working to maintain the relationship during periods of separation Sahlstein, Although later in adulthood, geographically close partners may also see each other infrequently, this pattern is uncommon for emerging adults in GCDRs.
