Defining and describing situationships: An exploratory investigation

MR Langlais, A Podberesky, L Toohey, CT Lee - Sexuality & Culture, 2024 - Springer
A romantic trajectory that has received little attention in the literature is “situationships,”
which is a colloquial term used in some Western cultures to describe a complex relationship …

Queering hookup motives in a diverse sample of LGBTQ+ young adults

S Snapp, THW Ching… - The Journal of Sex …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There is a paucity of research on hookup motives among LGBTQ+ young adults, despite the
importance of such sexual encounters for the development of LGBTQ+ young adults' …

What Are College Students Talking About When They Say They're “Just Talking?”

M Hardesty, SE Wilson, L Wasserman… - Emerging …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The phrase “just talking” is ubiquitously used by emerging adults to describe amorous
interactions. Despite the prevalence of this phrase in public discourse, little is known about …

The indirect effect of avoidant motives for sex on the pathways from childhood maltreatment to risky sex behaviors

RA Ellis, HK Orcutt - Journal of interpersonal violence, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Literature supports a strong link between engagement in risky sex and childhood
maltreatment, with engagement in risky sexual behavior proposed as a manifestation of …

The relative strength of emotion regulation, narcissistic personality, and self-esteem on motives to hookup

K Montiel - 2024 - search.proquest.com
As there has been a shift from more traditional to online dating and with it the societal
acceptance of casual sex, researchers have become interested in the emotional impact of …