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Women's Romance Novel Readership: Motivations, Expectations, and Relationship Satisfaction |
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This study investigates women’s reasons for reading romance novels, romantic relationship expectations, and romantic relationship satisfaction. Major findings include: (a) women most frequently read romance novels for escape or relaxation, (b) reading novels for relationship substitution predicts less satisfaction in romantic relationships, (c) for women with low relationship expectations, reading romance novels led to increased relationship satisfaction, and (d), for women with high relationship expectations, reading novels led to decreased relationship satisfaction. |
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Romance novels, popular literature, media effects, romantically-themed media |
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Name: NCA 93rd Annual Convention
URL: http://www.natcom.org
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MLA Citation:
| Long, Bridget. "Women's Romance Novel Readership: Motivations, Expectations, and Relationship Satisfaction" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA, Chicago, IL, Nov 15, 2007 <Not Available>. 2010-03-12 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p190263_index.html> |
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| Long, B. L. , 2007-11-15 "Women's Romance Novel Readership: Motivations, Expectations, and Relationship Satisfaction" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2010-03-12 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p190263_index.html |
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Abstract: This study investigates women’s reasons for reading romance novels, romantic relationship expectations, and romantic relationship satisfaction. Major findings include: (a) women most frequently read romance novels for escape or relaxation, (b) reading novels for relationship substitution predicts less satisfaction in romantic relationships, (c) for women with low relationship expectations, reading romance novels led to increased relationship satisfaction, and (d), for women with high relationship expectations, reading novels led to decreased relationship satisfaction. |
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| Romance Novels 1 Running head: ROMANCE NOVELS Women’s Romance Novel Readership: Motivations Expectations and Relationship Satisfaction Romance Novels 2 Abstract This study examines women’s readership of romance novels motivation for readership and potential effects of reading. Using the Uses and Gratifications perspective the study investigates women’s reasons for reading romance novels romantic relationship expectations and romantic relationship satisfaction. Women of various age groups romantic relationship status and romance novel readership status (reader or non-reader) completed questionnaires. Findings of the |
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