A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults

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Autor(a) principal: LUZ, RITA
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Alvarez, Maria-João, Godinho, Cristina Albuquerque, Pereira, Cicero Roberto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/61682
Resumo: This work was supported by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under grant (number PTDC/PSI-GER/28530/2017). This work received national funding from FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through the Research Center for Psychological Science of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon (UIDB/04527/2020; UIDP/04527/2020).
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spelling A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging AdultsCasual sexCasual sexual relationshipsSexual behaviorEmerging adultsCollege studentsSociocultural contextThis work was supported by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under grant (number PTDC/PSI-GER/28530/2017). This work received national funding from FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through the Research Center for Psychological Science of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon (UIDB/04527/2020; UIDP/04527/2020).Casual sexual relationships (CSRs) are frequent relationship experiences in young adulthood that provide opportunities for many to explore sexual relationships and to construct their sexual identity. Empirical research on casual sex is still lacking outside North-American countries, despite evidence pointing to the need to contextualize sexual interactions in their own sociocultural context. In order to better understand casual sexual relationships, these should be examined in with novel samples in other countries where a “hookup culture” as it is described in the North-American university campus is apparently absent. Through a qualitative study, we explored what casual sexual relationships consist of according to the perceptions of Portuguese college students (N=35). The thematic analysis of eight focus group interviews resulted in the generation of six themes, three of which are presented here: (1) What CSRs are, regarding features and types of CSRs, (2) Why individuals engage in CSRs, focusing on positive and negative motivations, and (3) What one gets from CSRs, focusing on positive and negative outcomes of CSRs. Our findings showed that Portuguese emerging adults are familiarized with CSRs, particularly with one-night stand, friends with benefits and “curte”/hookup. Sexual interactions associated with other CSRs, such as booty call or fuck buddies, were mentioned but rarely associated with a distinctive label and established characteristics. Participants described the CSRs in a partially overlapping manner presenting some areas of ambiguity, such as with regard to sexual exclusivity and still-unlabeled sexual interactions. CSRs are generally evaluated as positively motivated and mainly beneficial. This study adds to the literature around casual sexual relationships by exploring and describing CSRs in a different sociocultural context, as well as indicating directions for future research in order to better prepare and empower young adults in their sexual and relational trajectories.FrontiersRepositório da Universidade de LisboaLUZ, RITAAlvarez, Maria-JoãoGodinho, Cristina AlbuquerquePereira, Cicero Roberto2024-01-10T10:42:25Z20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/61682engLuz, R., Alvarez, M.-J., Godinho, C., & Pereira, C. R.. (2022). A fertile ground for ambiguities: Casual sexual relationships among Portuguese emerging adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 13: 823102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.82310210.3389/fpsyg.2022.823102info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-15T01:18:36Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/61682Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:44:34.049649Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
title A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
spellingShingle A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
LUZ, RITA
Casual sex
Casual sexual relationships
Sexual behavior
Emerging adults
College students
Sociocultural context
title_short A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
title_full A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
title_fullStr A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
title_full_unstemmed A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
title_sort A Fertile Ground for Ambiguities: Casual Sexual Relationships Among Portuguese Emerging Adults
author LUZ, RITA
author_facet LUZ, RITA
Alvarez, Maria-João
Godinho, Cristina Albuquerque
Pereira, Cicero Roberto
author_role author
author2 Alvarez, Maria-João
Godinho, Cristina Albuquerque
Pereira, Cicero Roberto
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv LUZ, RITA
Alvarez, Maria-João
Godinho, Cristina Albuquerque
Pereira, Cicero Roberto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Casual sex
Casual sexual relationships
Sexual behavior
Emerging adults
College students
Sociocultural context
topic Casual sex
Casual sexual relationships
Sexual behavior
Emerging adults
College students
Sociocultural context
description This work was supported by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under grant (number PTDC/PSI-GER/28530/2017). This work received national funding from FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through the Research Center for Psychological Science of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon (UIDB/04527/2020; UIDP/04527/2020).
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