| | Nonverbal and verbal communication in "involved" and "casual" relationships among college students College Student ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | In regard to relationship status, most (56.6%) were casual daters with 43.4% dating someone exclusively, engaged, or married (referred to as involved). |
 | | When students were asked "How important do you think nonverbal communication is in a relationship?" with 1 = "very important" and 10 = "not important at all" (so that the lower the score the greater the importance) the mean value of the "involved" and "casual" daters was 3.08 vs. 3.75, respectively (p<0.03). |
 | | Relationship satisfaction was assessed by students selecting a number on a continuum from one (complete satisfaction in every respect) to ten (complete dissatisfaction in every respect) so that the lower the number, the higher the satisfaction. |
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