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"   Here&amp;#039;s the understatement of the day: Hooking up, especially in college can be confusing. Maybe you got it on with a dude you met in O. Chem in a spontaneous moment of horniness. Or perhaps you ended up making out with a random frat guy and woke up the next morning in his bed. We&amp;#039;ve been there.  For some people, hooking up seems to be totally NBD, but for others, it creates some seriously awkward moments around campus. But new research from California State University, Sacramento shows that, on a psychological level, casual sex is actually linked with some not-so-great emotional issues. Using the largest sample ever collected on the topic\u2014which included both men and women from over 30 universities\u2014a new study showed that those who&amp;#039;d gotten busy with someone they only knew for just a week reported higher levels of anxiety and depression. What&amp;#039;s interesting about these results is that the study looked at mostly men (since guys are more likely to have casual sex, or at least report that they do), showing that while guys might seem nonchalant about getting it on with random chicks, they may not feel so cool about it on the inside. However, more research needs to be done to determine if hooking up causes depression and anxiety or if depression and anxiety lead people to hook up.  Either way, it makes sense that emotional turmoil would be linked to casual nookie: A recent study by Durex showed that 96 percent of respondents think that sex is best when they&amp;#039;re doing it with someone to whom they&amp;#039;re emotionally connected. And if the sex isn&amp;#039;t good, what&amp;#039;s the point, right? Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. Photo: \u00A9 Ocean/Corbis  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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