News Finding: Even though these study's findings contradicted other study's findings, they explain that their study found positive effects of having casual sex for people who wanted to engage in it in the first place.
Paper Finding: In general, self-congruency can be expected to affect both men and women.
News Context: They also reported having less stress and better emotional health. Even though these study's findings contradicted other study's findings, they explain that their study found positive effects of having casual sex for people who wanted to engage in it in the first place. The researchers added that if people do not have casual sex for the right reasons, the activity could result in negative consequences.
Paper Context: To the extent that casual sex represents an authentic and self-congruent pursuit for unrestricted individuals, but an unauthentic, self-discrepant pursuit for restricted individuals, casual sex would be a beneficial experience for the former, but a harmful experience for the latter. In general, self-congruency can be expected to affect both men and women. A total of 872 students completed the 35-min, online questionnaire at baseline (13.4% response rate); 560 students were reassessed at the end of the academic year (64% retention rate).