Jeffrey Hall from the University of Kansas recently conducted a survey regarding styles of flirting among 5,100 dating adults.
"Knowing something about the way you communicate attraction says something about challenges you might have had in your past dating life," he says,"hopefully this awareness can help people avoid those mistakes and succeed in courtship."
Apparently there are five different styles of flirting: physical, traditional, polite, sincere and playful.
Physical: people express their interest in having sex with a potential partner and can often develop relationships, have more sexual chemistry, and a greater emotional connection to their partners.
Traditional: believe that men should make the first moves and women assume for passive roles.
Playful: these flirters are usually more concerned with boosting the own self esteem.
Hall says the early part of developing a relationship is important to the success of long term relationships, including marriages.