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“#Safe sex or risky romance? Young adults make the rational choice<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Astudy published in the journal Psychological Science<\/a><\/i> found that young adults\u2014contrary to how they are sometimes portrayed in the media<\/a>\u2014tend to make highly rational decisions when it comes to selecting potential romantic partners.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that young adults make risk-free choices, but they app<\/a>ear to consider both the risks and benefits of their sexual behavior in a highly consistent and thoughtful manner.<\/p>\n

“There is a tendency to view sexual decision making in young adults as a highly variable and somewhat random process, more influenced by hormones or impulsivity than rational processes,” said Laura Hatz, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri and lead author of the study. “Our study suggests, however, that young adults are highly consistent in their choices, balancing potential partners’ level of attractiveness against the potential risk for sexually transmitted infection.”<\/p>\n

The research involved presenting 257 participants with hypothetical “sexual gambles” in which a photo of a potential partner’s face was shown alongside an associated, though purely hypothetical, risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection. Nearly all participants in the study made consistently rational choices, as defined by established models of psychological behavior. Prior research has shown that, in general<\/a>, individuals tend to use what are known as heuristic decision strategies\u2014cognitive shortcuts that may ignore some information\u2014to make choices in life.<\/p>\n

Hatz and her colleagues found that even individuals who could be identified as classic heuristic decision makers for monetary-based choices became rational decision makers when similar choices were framed as sexual choices.\n <\/p>\n\n

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Relationship factors affect decisions about contraceptive use among young adults\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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\n Laura E. Hatz et al, Young Adults Make Rational Sexual Decisions, Psychological Science<\/i> (2020). DOI: 10.1177\/0956797620925036<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n
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