• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.759-775
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• 2011

The purpose of this research is to study university students' romantic experiences for this research, 1000 students participated by cyber lectures "marrige & families" and "sex & love". The results of this study are as follows: (1)Their first romantic experiences started in middle school(18.5%), high school(32.7%), or university(39.4%). Their first romantic experiences disappeared after one year. University students' first romantic experiences were universal and were made into a proximity principle. (2) University students' one-sided romantic experiences were 78%, but they loved someone senior to them or friends. They fell in love by attraction to character or appearance. University students' one-sided loving processes were made into friendship and the higher eye-level liking. (3) University students dated every day. They experienced the following sexual behaviors: kissing(90.2%), embracing(94.7%), or intercourse(34.7%.) Their dating life was made into a proximity principle. (4)University students experienced an emotional change from break-ups: solitude, longing, or regret, but their coping strategies were immersion in study or leisure, or meeting friends. They(70%) got over it and dated some body else.