Resumen: The objective of the present study was to examine the differences in some variables of psychological (depression, anxiety, physical self-esteem) and psychosexual (self-esteem as a sexual partner, satisfaction with sexual life, sexual preoccupation) adjustment in a sample of university students, as a function of gender, and divided into three groups: (1) those who had a stable partner; (2) those who did not have a stable partner but did have casual sexual relations; and (3) those who had neither a stable partner nor casual relationships. Participants were 980 students from a mid-size Spanish university, of both sexes (71.3% women, 28.7% men), aged between 18 and 26 years (M = 20.87, SD = 1.88), who completed an online battery of questionnaires. Differences were found in psychological and psychosexual adjustment variables depending on the reference group and both in men and women. Some of these differences were explained by having a partner and others by having sexual relations, regardless of the partner with whom they had sex. These differences and their impact on young people’s psychological adjustment and wellness should be taken into account when designing sexual health prevention and promotion programs. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2023.2264285 Año: 2023 Publicado en: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH 35, 4 (2023), 543-554 ISSN: 1931-7611 Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S31-23R Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/PGC2018-097086-A-I00 Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint) Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Social (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
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