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Young adults who conduct casual sex are no more likely than their counterparts who only have relationship with their committed partners to experience psychological problems, according to a new study.

University of Minnesota researchers surveyed 737 females and 574 males at an average age of 20.5 years for their sexual behaviors and found that their casual relationship had nothing to do with emotional well-being.

Fifty five percent of the sexually active participants reported their past sexual partner were exclusive dating partners, 25 percent had their last sex with fiance, spouse or life partner and 12 percent said they had last encounter with a close but no exclusive partner and 8 percent said they had romantic activity with a casual acquaintance.

And the researchers found that the mental well-beings of the participants who had a casual partner or a committed partner were not different, meaning that casual romantic relationship did not cause extra emotional damage to young people.