Regulatory focus and perceived safety with casual partners
Implications for perceived risk and casual sex intentions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12978604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Rodrigues (0000-0001-5921-7819, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1303-1318 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology and Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1941-9902 • E-ISSN: 1941-9899 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19419899.2021.2018355 |
| OpenAlex | W4200493111 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 65 |
Motives for security (i.e. prevention focus) or pleasure (i.e. promotion focus) help regulate risk perceptions. Individuals focused on prevention (vs. promotion) tend to be more aware of health risks, more careful in their sexual behaviours, and less likely to take risks with casual partners. However, feeling safer with casual partners seem to mitigate some of these risks. We administered an online survey in English, Spanish, and German at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to 550 participants who were single (57.6% women). Participants more focused on prevention were less fearful of COVID-19 infection, perceived to be well informed about COVID-19, and retrieved their information from scientific sources. Participants more focused on promotion were more fearful of COVID-19 infection and perceived to be well informed about COVID-19 but retrieved their information from non-scientific sources. These participants also had stronger intentions to have casual sex if they felt safer (vs. less safe) with their casual partners. Our findings show the importance of individual motivations and interpersonal dynamics for risk perception and sexual activity during the pandemic
Casual · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Feeling · Focus group · Interpersonal communication · Pandemic · Perception · Pleasure · Political science · Promotion (chess · Regulatory focus theory · Risk perception · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |