title: Predictors of sexual hookups: a theory-based, prospective study of first-year college women.
abstract: Hooking up, or engaging in sexual interactions outside of committed relationships, has become increasingly common among college students. This study sought to identify predictors of sexual hookup behavior among first-year college women using a prospective longitudinal design. We used problem behavior theory (Jessor, 1991) as an organizing conceptual framework and examined risk and protective factors for hooking up from three domains: personality, behavior, and perceived environment. Participants (N = 483, 67 % White) completed an initial baseline survey that assessed risk and protective factors, and nine monthly follow-up surveys that assessed the number of hookups involving performing oral sex, receiving oral sex, and vaginal sex. Over the course of the school year, 20 % of women engaged in at least one hookup involving receiving oral sex, 25 % engaged in at least one hookup involving performing oral sex, and 25 % engaged in at least one hookup involving vaginal sex. Using two-part modeling with logistic and negative binomial regression, we identified predictors of hooking up. Risk factors for sexual hookups included hookup intentions, impulsivity, sensation-seeking, pre-college hookups, alcohol use, marijuana use, social comparison orientation, and situational triggers for hookups. Protective factors against sexual hookups included subjective religiosity, self-esteem, religious service attendance, and having married parents. Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, hookup attitudes, depression, cigarette smoking, academic achievement, injunctive norms, parental connectedness, and being in a romantic relationship were not consistent predictors of sexual hookups. Future research on hookups should consider the array of individual and social factors that influence this behavior.
authors: Center for Health and Behavior and Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, Robyn_Fielder@brown.edu.
authors: Robyn L
authors: RL
authors: Fielder
authors: Jennifer L
authors: JL
authors: Walsh
authors: Kate B
authors: KB
authors: Carey
authors: Michael P
authors: MP
authors: Carey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001290:Attitude; D003075:Coitus / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D010465:Perception; D010551:Personality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012071:Religion and Sex; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities
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