No strings attached: The nature of casual sex in college students

By Catherine M. Grello, Deborah P. Welsh, M. Harper. Journal of Sex Research, 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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How the Dark Triad traits predict relationship choices (2012, background): “However, prior research has not examined the apparent nuances in casual sex relationships that have been uncovered recently (Grello et al., 2006; Paul et al., 2000).”
To Hook Up or Date: Which Gender Benefits? (2010, background): “When casual sex is more narrowly defined as vaginal, oral, or anal sex with a non-dating partner, over one-half of male students (52%) and over one-third of female students (36%) reported having engaged in such behaviors ( Grello et al. 2006; see also Gute and Eshbaugh 2008).”
Prevalence and Association of Sexting and Online Sexual Victimization Among Spanish Adults (2015, background): “These results may be explained by men’s greater likelihood of becoming involved in casual sexual encounters with people with whom they are not romantically involved (Grello et al. 2006).”
Risky Situation or Harmless Fun? A Qualitative Examination of College Women’s Bad Hook-up and Rape Scripts (2009, background): “Over half of US and Canadian college students also report they have engaged in some type of sex (e.g., oral sex, mutual masturbation, vaginal intercourse) with someone they were not romantically involved with at the time ( Grello et al. 2006; Weaver and Herold 2000).”
Hook-up behavior: A biopsychosocial perspective. (2008, background): “While “friends with benefits” engage in a recurring sexual contract of sorts, which includes frequent sexual activity without dating, romantic commitment, or outward attachment ( Grello, Welsh, & Harper, 2006 ), they do maintain an underlying friendship that distinguishes them from acts of hooking u”
Hooking Up in Young Adulthood: A Review of Factors Influencing the Sexual Behavior of College Students (2010, background): “While some students hookup with “randoms” (Bogle, 2008), the majority of students hookup with friends, classmates, or other students with whom they are familiar (Bogle, 2008; Grello et al., 2006; Kalish, 2007).”