News Finding: The authors argue that there would be no reason to believe that this effect wouldn't extend to casual sex.
Paper Finding: Average proportion of weeks with casual sex was .09 (SD ¼ .18) per participant; 44% of those with at least one casual sex week reported only one such week (ranging 1-9 weeks).
News Context: "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. If you are "sociosexually unrestricted," or you desire casual sex, you might derive psychological benefits from feeling like you're acting authentically while having it.
Paper Context: At least 1 week with casual sex was reported by 80 (35%) participants; these percentages were similar in both sexes, w 2 (1) < 1. Average proportion of weeks with casual sex was .09 (SD ¼ .18) per participant; 44% of those with at least one casual sex week reported only one such week (ranging 1-9 weeks). Hierarchical linear models (HLM) indicated that after controlling for demographics, higher sociosexuality was linked to a significantly higher likelihood of engaging in weekly casual sex, odds ratio (OR) ¼ 2.31 [1.84, 2.89], p < .001; the interaction with gender was not significant, OR ¼ 0.91 [0.74, 1.13].