Alvarez Maria-João, Pereira Cícero R, Godinho Cristina A, Luz Rita
Faculdade de Psicologia, CICPSI, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brasil.
Sex Cult. 2021;25(6):1966-1989. doi: 10.1007/s12119-021-09859-0. Epub 2021 Apr 10.
Casual sexual relationships (CSR) are increasingly common but limited empirical research has addressed their terminology and distinctive characteristics. This study sought to identify the most clear-cut terms and to consider how culture-sensitive characteristics distinguish casual sexual relationships among Portuguese emerging adults ( = 262, 18-29 years old). We combined two qualitative studies - one by association and another by free recall - to ascertain the clarity of the terms, plus a quantitative study to further characterize and differentiate them. Participants were asked to match descriptions of CSRs with the respective terms by which they are known (Study 1). The same was investigated using an evocation task requesting that participants produce the terms by which the described CSRs are known (Study 2). Binary logistic regressions were performed to analyze the associations between encounters and labels chosen, taking the effect of gender and age into account. In the third study, participants rated the degree to which eight characteristics were present in the types of CSR, a simultaneous task that led to greater understanding of their descriptive and differentiating characteristics. Multivariate analysis of variance was used, with gender and age as covariates. We conclude that two types of CSR - and - and, to a lesser extent, , are understood and associated with consensual labels, also found by free-recall. These CSRs proved to be distinct, as they are understood as more different than similar in a set of psychoemotional, behavioral, and sexual characteristics.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12119-021-09859-0.
随意性行为关系（CSR）越来越普遍，但针对其术语和独特特征的实证研究有限。本研究旨在确定最明确的术语，并探讨文化敏感特征如何区分葡萄牙新兴成年人（ = 262人，年龄在18 - 29岁之间）的随意性行为关系。我们结合了两项定性研究——一项是关联研究，另一项是自由回忆研究——以确定术语的清晰度，另外还进行了一项定量研究，以进一步刻画和区分这些关系。要求参与者将随意性行为关系的描述与他们所知的相应术语进行匹配（研究1）。使用一项唤起任务进行了同样的调查，要求参与者说出所描述的随意性行为关系的已知术语（研究2）。进行二元逻辑回归分析，以分析相遇与所选标签之间的关联，同时考虑性别和年龄的影响。在第三项研究中，参与者对随意性行为关系类型中八种特征的呈现程度进行评分，这一同步任务有助于更深入地理解其描述性和区分性特征。使用多变量方差分析，将性别和年龄作为协变量。我们得出结论，两种类型的随意性行为关系—— 和 ，以及在较小程度上的 ，被理解并与双方自愿的标签相关联，自由回忆研究也发现了这些标签。这些随意性行为关系被证明是不同的，因为在一系列心理情感、行为和性特征方面，它们被认为差异大于相似。
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