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n this article, we review the literature on sexual hookups and consider the research on the psychological consequences of casual sex. This is a transdisciplinary literature review that draws on the evidence and theoretical tensions between evolutionary theoretical models and sociocultural theory. It suggests that these encounters are becoming increasingly normative among adolescents and young adults in North America and can best be understood from a biopsychosocial perspective.
Today’s hook-up culture represents a marked shift in openness and acceptance of uncommitted sex.
Is there a new name popping up in conversations with your spouse, stories where this person figures prominently, and you sense there may be the beginnings of an emotional affair? It’s not uncommon for married people to have what are called “work spouses,” which means they are close to someone at work that is of the opposite […]
Telling the Whole Truth May Ease Feelings of Guilt
Partial confessions are attractive, but come with an emotional cost, says new research
The human brain is primed to pick up cheating Humans appear to have developed a brain mechanism to detect social cheating–a universal alarm bell that sounds when, for example, somebody slips off the wedding ring before entering a bar or crashes a potluck dinner without a covered dish. So find two recent studies co-authored by […]