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<blockquote data-quote="KJ" data-source="post: 70681" data-attributes="member: 1">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871523/[/URL]A multiethnic sample of single, heterosexual, emerging-adult college students (N = 3,907) ages 18 to 25, from 30 institutions across the United States, participated in a study about identity, culture, psychological well-being, and risky behaviors. Given ongoing debates about the connection between casual sex and psychological adjustment, in the current study we assessed the cross-sectional association of participation in casual sex with psychological well-being and distress. A greater proportion of men (18.6%) compared to women (7.4%) reported having had casual sex in the month prior to assessment. Structural equation modeling indicated that casual sex was negatively associated with well-being (β=.20, p &lt; .001) and positively associated with psychological distress (β=.16, p &lt; .001). Gender did not moderate these associations. For emerging-adult college students, engaging in casual sex may elevate risk for negative psychological outcomes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KJ, post: 70681, member: 1"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871523/[/URL] A multiethnic sample of single, heterosexual, emerging-adult college students (N = 3,907) ages 18 to 25, from 30 institutions across the United States, participated in a study about identity, culture, psychological well-being, and risky behaviors. Given ongoing debates about the connection between casual sex and psychological adjustment, in the current study we assessed the cross-sectional association of participation in casual sex with psychological well-being and distress. A greater proportion of men (18.6%) compared to women (7.4%) reported having had casual sex in the month prior to assessment. Structural equation modeling indicated that [B]casual sex was negatively associated with well-being (β=.20, p < .001) and positively associated with psychological distress [/B](β=.16, p < .001). Gender did not moderate these associations. For emerging-adult college students, engaging in casual sex may elevate risk for negative psychological outcomes. [/QUOTE]

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