SMU Journal of Undergraduate Research
Abstract
This research explores SMU’s undergraduate students in their own identities and romantic relationships in the realm of the bisexuality spectrum using the Kinsey Scale. I developed a 46-item online survey comprised of six component parts, which incorporated previous scales of Kinsey, Consensual Non-Monogamy, Self-Acceptance of Sexuality Inventory, and Experience in Close Relationships scales, to measure respondents’ sense of attraction and preferences as well as attachment scales and assess the participants’ relationship beliefs pertaining to consensual non-monogamy. A total of 312 undergraduate students started the survey, but only 250 consented and completed it. I present descriptive and inferential statistics on participants’ perception, acceptance rate, and comfort level within the bisexuality spectrum in themselves and their romantic partners. Results can generally assist and educate undergraduate students as well as higher education professionals about the contemporary sexuality acceptance rates and comfort levels of dating individuals with various gender and sexual identities.
Faculty Mentor/Sponsor
Dustin Grabsch
Recommended Citation
Caliste, Na'Ni Machenry (2026) "The Undergraduate Students' Rate of Bisexuality and its Acceptance in Their Own and Others' Romantic Relationships," SMU Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 9: Iss. 2, Article 3. Available at: https://scholar.smu.edu/jour/vol9/iss2/3
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