News Finding: "Sociosexual orientation is a relatively stable tendency toward or away from casual sex, determined by a combination of heritable factors, sociocultural learning, and past experiences, and reflected in three key components: motivation for, attitudes toward, and past experience with casual sex," the authors write.
Paper Finding: Sociosexuality significantly predicted casual sex engagement after controlling for demographics, OR ¼ 2.06 [1.70, 2.49], p < .001; the interaction with gender was not significant, OR ¼ 1.13 [0.93, 1.36].
News Context: They lurk in our bar's backrooms, on our gym's racquetball courts, on cruises and in airplanes, and on every street in the city of Miami. "Sociosexual orientation is a relatively stable tendency toward or away from casual sex, determined by a combination of heritable factors, sociocultural learning, and past experiences, and reflected in three key components: motivation for, attitudes toward, and past experience with casual sex," the authors write. The authors argue that there would be no reason to believe that this effect wouldn't extend to casual sex.
Paper Context: By the 9-month follow-up, two fifths (42%) reported at least one penetrative casual encounter over the academic year; percentages were similar in both sexes, w 2 (1) < 1. Sociosexuality significantly predicted casual sex engagement after controlling for demographics, OR ¼ 2.06 [1.70, 2.49], p < .001; the interaction with gender was not significant, OR ¼ 1.13 [0.93, 1.36]. Only 23% of those scoring below the median on sociosexuality engaged in casual sex compared to 62% of those scoring above the median, w 2 (1) ¼ 57.73, p < .001.