5 verified items · Aug 11, 2025–Aug 11, 2026
A peer-reviewed U.S. undergraduate study examined sugar-dating prevalence, demographics and motivations, reporting greater financial need and more adverse childhood experiences among participants.
A psychology study found associations between openness to sugar arrangements, impaired personality functioning and unhelpful emotion-regulation strategies among women surveyed.
WUNC’s Embodied examined sugar dating through a former participant’s experience and a researcher’s perspective.
A scoping review screened 2,825 records and included 27 studies, finding inconsistent definitions and major gaps in sugar-dating research.
A preprint introduced SugarTextNet, a transformer-based system for detecting sugar-dating-related posts and euphemistic language on social media.