Relationship Between Sociosexuality and Condom Use Frequency Among Young French College Students

Abstract: Sociosexuality, conceptualized as individual differences in attitudes, behaviors, and desires for casual sex, is reflected in “hookup culture” where risky sexual behaviors should not be overlooked. The main objectives of this study were (a) to provide a first French adaptation of the SOI-R and to evaluate its psychometric properties, and (b) to examine the relationship between sociosexuality and condom use among young college students (N = 1037, mean age = 18.7 years, SD = 1 year). A path model hypothesizing links between dispositional optimism, boredom proneness, sexual orientation, age, gender (as correlated exogenous/independent variables), sociosexuality (as mediation variable), and condom use (as output variable), was specified and tested. Findings showed gender and sexual orientation differences in sociosexuality. As expected, males as well as non-heterosexual individuals endorsed more sociosexuality than the others. Optimism, but not boredom, predicted a higher level of soci.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/6793

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Relationship Between Sociosexuality and Condom Use Frequency Among Young French College Students ; volume:19 ; number:1 ; day:28 ; month:02 ; year:2023 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 19, Heft 1 (28.02.2023)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Gana, Kamel ; Arshakyan, Diana

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.6793
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023111014011621075484
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 10:53 MESZ