title: Negative affect as a moderator of the relationship between hookup motives and hookup consequences.
abstract: The current study examined the extent to which negative affect moderates the relationships between distinct hookup motives and hookup consequences.
  
  
  
  Data were collected from 271 heavy-drinking undergraduate college students.
  
  
  
  Students from 3 US universities completed online surveys assessing hooking up-related motives, behaviors, and consequences.
  
  
  
  The results showed that conformity motives to hookup and negative affect predicted hookup consequences. Furthermore, negative affect moderated the relationship between hooking up for relationship reasons and hookup consequences. Specifically, among students with high negative affect, hooking up to secure a long-term relationship was positively associated with hookup consequences whereas among students with low negative affect, securing a long-term relationship was negatively associated with hookup consequences.
  
  
  
  These findings highlight the role that motives and negative affect play in the prediction of negative hookup consequences. Moreover, the findings from the current study have the potential to inform prevention efforts designed to reduce hookup consequences.
authors.affiliation: a Center on Alcoholism , Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico , USA.
authors.forename: Kevin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology and Health , Medicine, and Society Program, Lehigh University , Bethlehem , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Lucy E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Napper
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors.forename: Nicole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Froidevaux
authors.affiliation: d Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies , Brown University , Providence , Rhode Island , USA.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kenney
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: LaBrie
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Hookup consequences; hookup motives; negative affect