The recently dumped and broken-hearted friend on the prowl for some confidence-boosting sex is a romantic-comedy staple. Now, research finds that rebound sex is no movie invention.
In a study that may not surprise anyone who has ever experienced a breakup, researchers found that up to one-third of college students who had recently been in a breakup had sex to "rebound" from their relationship within a month of the split. People who had been dumped were especially likely to feel angry and distressed, and to seek out rebound sex, researchers reported online Dec. 20 in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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