A Dress Is Not a Yes: Towards an Indirect Mouse-Tracking Measure of Men's Overreliance on Global Cues in the Context of Sexual Flirting
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb 7. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02798-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAssessing another person's intention to flirt and, relatedly, their sexual interest is based on the interpretation and weighting of global (e.g., clothing style) and specific (e.g., facial expression) cues. Since cue incongruency increases the risk of erroneous judgments and thus can entail undesirable outcomes for both parties involved, detection of an individual propensity for overly relying on global (sexual) rather than specific (affective) cues is of social and clinical-forensic importance. Using a purpose-designed and pre-valid...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ingo Landwehr Katrin Mundloch Alexander F Schmidt Source Type: research
Associations Between Negative Body Image and Sexual Health Practices in Emerging Adults from Malaysia
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02810-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPast findings on the association between negative body image and sexual health behaviors have been mixed and mostly derived from Western samples. The aim of the current study was to examine associations between indices of negative body image and sexual health practices that reduce the risk of disease transmission in emerging adults, and whether these associations are moderated by gender. Using an online survey, a convenience sample of 584 Malaysian adults aged 18-30 years (230 men, 354 women) completed measures of satisfaction with o...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - February 6, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pei Hwa Goh Tamara Luginbuehl Viren Swami Source Type: research
Empirically Assessing the Effectiveness of the Pathways Programme: An Online Self-Help Intervention for Male Sexual Aggression at UK Universities
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb 5. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02808-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThough contemporary evidence suggests that upwards of one-in-nine UK male university students engage in sexually violent behaviors (Hales and Gannon in Sexual Abuse 34:744-770, 2022), few evidence-based primary prevention strategies have been developed to prevent their perpetration. To help contribute to this evidence gap, this study evaluated the short and longer-term effectiveness of a novel psychoeducation-based online self-help intervention for university male sexual aggression called The Pathways Programme. Designed around curre...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - February 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Samuel T Hales Caitlyn Rawers Theresa A Gannon Source Type: research
LGBTQ Young Adults' Identity Disclosure in the Workplace: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis of Disclosure Intentions and Outcomes
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb 2. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02807-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResearch shows that LGBTQ workers make strategic decisions about whether to disclose their sexual and gender identities to their colleagues as they assess potential costs and benefits. The present study sought to extend this literature by examining how they plan their identity disclosure in future workplace interactions and why they may diverge from their initial intentions. The analysis used longitudinal data from in-depth interviews, in which young LGBTQ workers reported disclosure intentions and their outcomes two years later. Par...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Koji Ueno Rachael Dominguez Skyler Bastow Jason V D'Amours Source Type: research
"She Couldn't Say the Word Penis": Experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ People with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities with Sex Education in Alberta, Canada
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb 2. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02755-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis exploratory qualitative study sought to better understand the experiences of Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (2SLGBTQ+) disabled people when learning about sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity. We conducted 31 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with adults labeled/with developmental and intellectual disabilities in Alberta, Canada. Findings showed a significant lack of comprehensive sex education available to 2SLGBTQ+ disabled people. Sexual and gender identities were rarely discussed in fo...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alan Santinele Martino Eleni Moumos Noah Uliki Meghan Robbins Source Type: research
Shifting Norms and Value Conflicts: Exploring the Effects of HIV Status Disclosure Fields in Sex-Social Apps
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02801-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSex-social applications used by men who have sex with men (MSM) often provide options to disclose HIV status to encourage more positive language and reduce stigma. Yet, little research has sought to understand how in-app disclosure fields impact on disclosure motivation. We interviewed MSM living with HIV and those who self-reported being HIV-negative ([Formula: see text]) in the UK and applied a hierarchical model of motivation to interpret our data. We found conflicting motivations for disclosure and point to HIV status disclosure ...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Warner Jo Gibbs Ann Blandford Source Type: research
Auditory Cues Alter the Magnitude and Valence of Subjective Sexual Arousal and Desire Induced by an Erotic Video
This study asked whether ratings of subjective sexual arousal and desire using the Sexual Arousal and Desire Inventory (SADI) would be altered if this ending was present or absent, and whether including or excluding the accompanying soundtrack would influence the magnitude and direction of the responses. A total of 119 cis-gendered heterosexual undergraduates (59 women and 60 men) viewed an 11-min sexually explicit heterosexual video that ended with a 15-s ejaculation scene. Two versions of the video were created, one with the ejaculatory ending (E+) and one without (E-). Participants were assigned randomly to view one of ...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James G Pfaus Ellen Zakreski Source Type: research
Penile Pearls and Pearling: Characteristics and Social Identity from the Perspective of Forensic Pathologists
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02791-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPenile pearls are artificial implants placed beneath the skin of a penis to provide enhanced sexual experience for the partner or present a stigma of a particular social subgroup (e.g., prisoner, member of a gang). This genital modification is usually encountered in men of low socioeconomic status and prisoners who might (self) implant improvised pearls under poor sanitary conditions. We have only recently started to encounter penile pearls on autopsy, incidentally. The aim of this study was to analyze our autopsy cases with penile ...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aleksa Lekovi ć Vladimir Živković Slobodan Nikoli ć Source Type: research
Attitudes Toward Cisgender Women's Participation in Sex Work: Opportunity for Agency or Harmful Exchange?
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02797-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite the stigmatization of sex work in society, little empirical research has examined attitudes toward sex work, especially its modern incarnations (e.g., sugar relationships, webcamming). Here, a sample of 298 US residents (Mage = 40.06 years; 59.1% male, 40.9% female) was recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Various theoretical predictors (e.g., right-wing authoritarianism [RWA]), sociosexuality) were set to predict the degree to which four sex work domains (prostitution, pornography, sugar relationships, webcamming) prov...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hanna Puffer Gordon Hodson Elvira Prusaczyk Source Type: research
Rethinking the Definition of Medicalized Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb;53(2):441-453. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02772-7. Epub 2024 Jan 29.ABSTRACTIn 2015, the international community agreed to end Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) by 2030. However, the target is unlikely to be met as changes in practice, including medicalized female genital mutilation/cutting (mFGM/C), challenge abandonment strategies. This paper critically reviews the current World Health Organization (WHO) definition of mFGM/C to demonstrate that mFGM/C, as currently defined, lacks detail and clarity, and may serve as an obstacle to the collection of credible, reliable, and comparable data rel...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nina Van Eekert Hazel Barrett Samuel Kimani Irwan Hidayana Els Leye Source Type: research
The Association Between Sexual Initiation and Membership in Dyadic Profiles of Perceived Shared Power
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Jan 26. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02758-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is scarce empirical evidence examining whether sexual initiation and power are associated with each other. Utilizing latent profile analyses, we examined in a nationally representative sample of US newlywed heterosexual couples (N = 1,948 couples) whether wives' and husbands' sexual initiation patterns and satisfaction with these patterns were associated with membership in different profiles of wives' and husbands' perceptions of shared relational power while accounting for both partner's satisfaction with sexual frequency. We...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Veronica Hanna-Walker Dean M Busby E Whitney G Moore Erin K Holmes Source Type: research
The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Sexual Fantasy Experience Scale
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Jan 23. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02794-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTClinicians and researchers consider sexual fantasies to be a central aspect of human sexuality. Although these are subjective experiences, most studies have assessed only their frequency and content. A measure that assesses individuals' subjective experience of sexual fantasies is therefore needed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a new measure, the Sexual Fantasy Experience Scale (SFES). In Study 1, the SFES was administered to 391 participants (240 defined themselves as women, 149 as men, and 2 ...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Hasson Karni Ginzburg Source Type: research
Rape or Homicide: Which Is Worse?
We examined the prevalence of this belief and whether it reflects an individual's political ideology and moral foundations. Analyses were based on a national YouGov survey of 1,125 US adults gathered in 2021. We found that only 26% of respondents believed rape was less serious than homicide. Most (61%) believed rape and homicide were equally serious, while 13% believed rape was more serious. Social progressives (particularly progressive women) were more likely than social conservatives to view rape as more serious or just as serious as homicide. However, this tendency was partially offset by the tendency of social progress...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Richard B Felson Eric Silver Source Type: research
On the Relationship Between Online Heterosexist Discrimination and Mental Health and Substance Use Among LGBTQ+ Young Adults
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Jan 22. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02800-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLGBTQ+ individuals experience disproportionately higher rates of mental health and substance use difficulties. Discrimination is a significant factor in explaining these disparities. Meyer's (2003) minority stress theory (MST) indicates that proximal group-specific processes mediate the relationship between discrimination and health outcomes, with the effects moderated by other social factors. However, online discrimination has been understudied among LGBTQ+ people. Focusing on LGBTQ+ young adults experiencing online heterosexist di...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ian Carson Wei Wu Amy Knopf Christopher Andrew Crawford Tamika C B Zapolski Source Type: research
Sexual Behavior and Sexual Decision-Making Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observations from a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Marion County, Indiana, October-November 2021
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Jan 22. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02795-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFrom 2020 to 2021, Marion County, Indiana, USA, saw an increase in early syphilis diagnoses, primarily among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). This rapid ethnographic assessment combines survey data from GBMSM with data from key informant interviews with multiple groups of stakeholders, including GBMSM, to describe how COVID-19 impacted sexual behaviors, sexual decision-making, and access to sexually transmitted disease (STD) services among GBMSM in Marion County, Indiana. A total of 62 virtual, semi-struct...
Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior - January 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Penny S Loosier Yasmin P Ogale Rachel Clark Smith Rachel Kachur Lavinia Nicolae Christine Heumann Source Type: research
