The Grown & Liberated Love Club™

Research Citations

Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. (2008). “Three Elements of Self-Authorship.” Journal of College Student Development, 49(4), 269–284. [Empirical, qualitative longitudinal. Elements drawn from interviews with adults in their 30s, within a 23-year study running from age 18 to 40.]

Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. (2001). Making Their Own Way: Narratives for Transforming Higher Education to Promote Self-Development. Stylus Publishing. [Book-length treatment of the same longitudinal study. I have verified the title, author, and publisher. Verify the exact edition year against the publisher’s page if you list it in written show notes.]

Helson, Ravenna, & Wink, Paul (1992). “Personality change in women from the early 40s to the early 50s.” Psychology and Aging, 7(1), 46–55. [Empirical, longitudinal. Mills Longitudinal Study, 101 alumnae.]

Kleinplatz, Peggy J., Ménard, A. Dana, Paquet, Marie-Pierre, Paradis, Nicolas, Campbell, Meghan, Zuccarino, Dino, & Mehak, Lisa (2009). “The components of optimal sexuality: A portrait of ‘great sex.’” Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 18(1–2). [Empirical, qualitative. 64 key informants, including 20 sex therapists.]

Carstensen, Laura L. (2021). “Socioemotional Selectivity Theory: The Role of Perceived Endings in Human Motivation.” The Gerontologist, 61(8), 1188–1196. 

Coontz, Stephanie (2005). Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage. Viking. [Historical scholarship.]

Sample and Scope Note, Stated On Air

The Mills sample was predominantly white women at a private California women’s college, born in the 1930s and 1940s. Baxter Magolda’s participants were predominantly white Midwestern college students. Neither study examined Black women, and neither examined romantic partner selection. Kleinplatz and Ménard’s sample was not designed to be demographically representative. Applying any of this work to dating readiness for high-achieving Black women is Candice Harper’s interpretation, stated as such on air.

Past Episodes Referenced

Episode 34: “Your Solo Love Mission.” The line about clarity requiring a room is a direct continuation.

Episode 27: Readiness versus desire. Sits underneath the abundance section.

Links

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