title: Positioning the booty-call relationship on the spectrum of relationships: sexual but more emotional than one-night stands.
abstract: Most research on human sexuality has focused on long-term pairbonds and one-night stands. However, growing evidence suggests there are relationships that do not fit cleanly into either of those categories. One of these relationships is a "booty-call relationship." The purpose of this study was to describe the sexual and emotional nature of booty-call relationships by (a) examining the types of emotional and sexual acts involved in booty-call relationships and (b) comparing the frequency of those acts in booty-call relationships to one-night stands and serious long-term relationships. In addition, the manner in which sociosexuality is associated with the commission of these acts was also examined. Demonstrative of booty-call relationships' sexual nature was individuals' tendency to leave after sex and infrequent handholding. In contrast, the romantic nature of booty-call relationships was demonstrated through the frequency of acts like kissing. The results suggest the booty-call relationship is a distinct type of relationship situated between one-night stands and serious romantic relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of West Florida, University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514, USA. pjonason@uwf.edu
authors.forename: Peter K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Jonason
authors.forename: Norman P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus / Q000523:psychology*; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult