PREDICTING CROSS-SEX FIRST-DATE SEXUAL EXPECTATIONS AND INVOLVEMENT -CONTEXTUAL AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE FACTORS

This study investigates how individual difference variables (gender an d self-monitoring) and contextual factors (gender of the date-initiato r and alcohol consumption) influence sexual expectations for, and sexu al involvement on, a first date. College students reported on their mo st recent male-or female-initiated first date. Alcohol and gender were the strongest determinants of both sexual expectations and involvemen t. Binge drinkers engaged in more sexual involvement than did nonbinge drinkers who, in turn, engaged in greater sexual involvement than non drinkers. Men reported more intimate sexual expectations and involveme nt than women. Individual difference and contextual variables explaine d more of the variance in males' (when compared to females') sexual ex pectations and involvement.