Toward a More Complete Understanding of Reactions to Hooking Up Among College Women

Owen, Jesse; Quirk, Kelley; Fincham, Frank D.

doi:10.1080/0092623x.2012.751074

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“…Similarly, Fielder, Walsh, Carey, and Carey (2013) reported that among their sample of college students ( N = 483), parental connectedness was not associated with casual sexual behavior. Owen, Rhoades, Stanley, and Fincham (2010) examining a sample of college students ( N = 832) did not find a significant association between family environment and the more general behavior of hooking up. Yet Johnson (2013), using the nationally representative sample Add Health (wave 4) ( N = 4,594), found that parent-child relationship quality was associated with one-night stands, a type of casual sexual activity.…”

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“…Researchers should also focus on the health (well-being and physical) and relational (stability and quality) implications of casual sexual activity. Indeed, there has been a call for more research on the positive implications of casual sexual behavior (Claxton & van Dulmen, 2013; Lyons, Manning, Longmore, & Giordano, 2014; Owen, Quirk, & Fincham, 2013). Finally, although it was beyond the scope of the current study, casual sexual trajectories of youth with same-sex experiences should be investigated.…”

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Gender and Casual Sexual Activity From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Social and Life Course Correlates

Lyons

Manning

Longmore

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The Journal of Sex Research

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The prevalence of casual sexual activity among teens and emerging adults has led to much public attention. Yet limited research has investigated whether the number of casual sexual partners per year changes as heterosexual men and women transition from adolescence into emerging adulthood. We considered the influence of social context and life course factors on the number of casual sex partners. We examined four waves of interviews from the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) and used negative binomial growth curve models to investigate patterns of change in the number of casual sex partners (N = 1,196) ages 15 to 22. Men and women both reported increases in the number of casual sex partners over time and did not differ from each other in the rate of change over time. In all, 40% of respondents reported a recent casual sex partner at age 22. Number of prior dating relationships, education status, substance use, and perceptions of peer sexual behavior significantly influenced the number of casual sex partners. Emerging adults who did not complete high school, compared to those enrolled in four-year degree programs, reported significantly more partners. The findings contribute to research on intimate relationships and provide insights for programs targeting emerging adults.

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Gender and Casual Sexual Activity From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Social and Life Course Correlates

Lyons

Manning

Longmore

et al. 2014

The Journal of Sex Research

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“…Future research should investigate not just the physical health well-being of the emerging adult population, such as STI diagnosis, but also the emotional well-being, identity, and relational well-being. Researchers (Owen, Quirk, & Fincham, 2014) have started to investigate the positive implications of casual sex, but much more research is needed. Finally, more studies should use diverse samples like the Add Health, not just college samples.…”

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Heterosexual Casual Sex and STI Diagnosis: A Latent Class Analysis

Lyons

2016

International Journal of Sexual Health

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Casual sex is common during the emerging adult life course stage, but little research has taken a person-centered approach to investigate if casual sexual behavior influences STI rates. Using a nationally representative sample and latent class analysis, results showed three distinctive latent classes. Abstainers were the least likely to have an STI, followed by the casual sex experienced, and then the casual sex risk-takers. Once other covariates were included in the model, there was no significant difference between the abstainers and casual sex experienced classes. These results highlight the need for future research to include diverse samples of emerging adults.

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“…Tables are available on request. strategy. Indeed, positive reactions to hookups are stronger and more common than negative ones and include sexual satisfaction, confidence, self-knowledge, and social=academic engagement (Campbell, 2008;Fielder & Carey, 2010b;Owen, Quirk, & Fincham, 2013), all of which could contribute to higher life satisfaction.…”

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Hooking Up and Psychological Well-Being in College Students: Short-Term Prospective Links Across Different Hookup Definitions

Vrangalova

2014

The Journal of Sex Research

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Hooking up (sex outside committed, romantic relationships) is feared to result from or lead to compromised psychological well-being among undergraduates, yet longitudinal evidence is scarce and inconclusive, and different hookup definitions complicate cross-study comparisons. This study examined short-term longitudinal associations with four well-being indicators (depression, anxiety, life satisfaction, and self-esteem) across several definitions of hookups based on relationship length (one time, longer casual, and any) and physical intimacy level (kissing, genital touching, oral sex, and intercourse). A university-wide sample of 666 Northeastern U.S. freshmen and juniors (63% female, 68% White) completed online surveys at the beginning and end of one academic semester. Linear and logistic regressions explored whether hookups over the semester were linked to later well-being, and whether initial well-being was linked to later hookups. Across all 96 regressions, statistically significant associations between well-being and hookups were infrequent (23%), predominantly confined to anxiety and life satisfaction, equally likely in the direction of higher (13%) as lower (10%) well-being, and affected by both casual relationship length and intimacy level. When gender differences emerged (11%), hookups were associated with higher well-being for women and lower well-being for men. This complex set of results points to the importance of researchers' choices in hookup definitions.

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Toward a More Complete Understanding of Reactions to Hooking Up Among College Women

Cited by 42 publications

References 33 publications

Gender and Casual Sexual Activity From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Social and Life Course Correlates

Gender and Casual Sexual Activity From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: Social and Life Course Correlates

Heterosexual Casual Sex and STI Diagnosis: A Latent Class Analysis

Hooking Up and Psychological Well-Being in College Students: Short-Term Prospective Links Across Different Hookup Definitions

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