Psychopathy is associated with higher openness to engaging in casual sex without emotional intimacy

Psychopathy is associated with higher openness to engaging in casual sex without emotional intimacy

A meta-analysis of studies investigating the links between sociosexual orientation and psychopathy found that individuals with higher levels of psychopathic traits tend to be more open to engaging in casual sex without closeness or emotional intimacy—that is, to adopting an unrestricted sociosexual orientation. The paper was published in Personality and Individual Differences. Sociosexual orientation describes individual differences in people’s …