Social Motivations for College Hookups.

Hookups are a normative experience for college students with 72% of college students reporting hooking up by their Senior year. Although there is over a decade of research on hookups, what motivates college students to participate in hookups is not clear, with prior research focused mostly on psycho...

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Publicado en:Sexuality & Culture Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 623 - 646
Autores principales: Thorpe, Shemeka, Kuperberg, Arielle
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2021
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        College students
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