Publication Date

2025

Description

This research investigated endorsement of the 4 motivators (relationship maintenance, ambivalence, hedonism, miscellaneous) for engaging in breakup sex across three relationship breakup scenarios, i.e., a breakup occurred due to: general reasons, infidelity, and being in a long distance relationship using an online questionnaire with a primarily White, primarily heterosexual sample (n = 304, Mage = 20.67). Results indicated that women are more likely than men to engage in breakup sex for relationship maintenance reasons when the breakup is due to general reasons, and for a long distance breakup scenario, non-heterosexuals engage in breakup sex for relationship maintenance reasons, and overall in that scenario individuals engage in breakup sex for ambivalence reasons. For the other breakup scenarios, motivations for engaging in breakup sex did not significantly differ. These findings are discussed in terms of prior research.

Journal

EvoS Journal: Evolutionary Studies and Higher Education

First Page

51

Last Page

65

Department

Psychology

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