related literature on courtship

Related Study and Literature: Most studies and literatures dealt with the ways and styles of man in courting. Also it includes some factors affecting relationship or the dimension of adult attachment, whereas the present study focused on the study of ways of courting of Accountancy male student in females at PUP-Bataan.

Related Study: Courting is the common way of a man to express his feelings towards a woman. Before, in the Philippines it is being practiced through “harana”, but as time passes by, it has evolved and now done by men in different ways. When it comes to courtship, attraction and curiosity is the point from where it starts. Getting attracted towards member of opposite sex means noticing and paying extra attention to physical attributes with pleasure and spontaneity (Jessica Siebenbruner). Before a girl and a boy enter in a relationship , the girl needs to disclosed herself to the boy at first to be ale to know if the boy is serious to her. Treating a woman well require a combination of courtesy and common acts of love (Linda J. Pegalis). In the study conducted by Leo W. Pinard entitled Courtship in an Urban Visayan Setting, urban courtship reveals a blending of traditional patterns with Western modes of heterosexual contact. The information in this study is helpful because it proves that courtship is practiced by man in different ways. It is also observed in the study that family and peer group influences the way of their courting.

Another study

conducted by Mary Preige Loner, non- competitive styles are

preferred by majorities of both men and women. For the part respondents of both sexes are able to distinguish between competitive and non-competitive behaviors. The statistical analysis conducted by John S. Tucker revealed 3 significant relationship: (a) males are more romantic than

female; (b)

as

student

progressed

from

freshman

to

senior

classifications , their attitude toward love tended to become more conjugal; and (c) engaged males tended to be more realistic than non engaged. The multivariate analysis of covariance techniques revealed significant effects to gender and use of violence on the dependent research variables (Gryl, Stith and Bird). In the studies conducted by Collins and Read (1990) entitled Adult Attachment, Working Models and Relationship Quality in Dating Couples , factors revealed that there are three dimensions underlying their measures. The findings were: that the extent to which an individual is comfortable with closeness ; feels he or she can depend on others; lastly is anxious or fearful above such things as being abandoned or unloved.