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Conceptualizing Sexual Wellbeing: A Qualitative Investigation to Inform Development of a Measure (Natsal-SW). 性健康概念化：一项定性调查，为制定衡量标准提供信息（Natsal-SW）。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2326933

R Lewis, R Bosó Pérez, K J Maxwell, D Reid, W Macdowall, C Bonell, J D Fortenberry, C H Mercer, P Sonnenberg, K R Mitchell

{"title":"Conceptualizing Sexual Wellbeing: A Qualitative Investigation to Inform Development of a Measure (Natsal-SW).","authors":"R Lewis, R Bosó Pérez, K J Maxwell, D Reid, W Macdowall, C Bonell, J D Fortenberry, C H Mercer, P Sonnenberg, K R Mitchell","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2326933","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2326933","url":null,"abstract":"Despite increasing scientific and policy interest in sexual wellbeing, it remains poorly conceptualized. Many studies purporting to measure it instead measure related but distinct concepts, such as sexual satisfaction. This lack of conceptual clarity impedes understanding, measuring, and improving sexual wellbeing. We present qualitative research from multi-stage, mixed-methods work to develop a new measure of sexual wellbeing (Natsal-SW) for the fourth British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes & Lifestyles. Literature review and discussion generated a conceptual framework with seven proposed domains: respect, self-esteem, comfort, self-determination, safety and security, forgiveness, and resilience. Semi-structured interviews with 40 adults aged 18-64 then explored whether and how these domains aligned with participants' own understandings, experiences, and language of sexual wellbeing. Data were analyzed thematically. Participants conceptualized sexual wellbeing as distinct from sexual satisfaction and sexual health and as multidimensional, dynamic, and socially and structurally influenced. All seven proposed domains resonated with accounts of sexual wellbeing as a general construct. The personal salience of different domains and their dimensions varied between individuals (especially by gender and sexual orientation) and fluctuated individually over time. This study clarifies dimensions of domains that participants considered important, providing an empirical basis to inform development of a new measure of sexual wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"693-711"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Women Who Experience More Affectionate Touch Report Better Body Satisfaction and Relationship Outcomes. 经历过更多深情抚摸的女性对身体的满意度更高，对人际关系的影响也更大。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2310705

Jessica T Campbell, Margaret Bennett-Brown, Ellen M Kaufman, Amanda N Gesselman, David A Frederick, Justin R Garcia, Kristen P Mark

{"title":"Women Who Experience More Affectionate Touch Report Better Body Satisfaction and Relationship Outcomes.","authors":"Jessica T Campbell, Margaret Bennett-Brown, Ellen M Kaufman, Amanda N Gesselman, David A Frederick, Justin R Garcia, Kristen P Mark","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2310705","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2310705","url":null,"abstract":"Affectionate touch (e.g. hugging, handholding) is an essential component of many intimate relationships and is a primary contributor to overall relationship satisfaction as well as sexual satisfaction. Affectionate touch is understood to be a form of non-verbal communication in which the giver is expressing positive feelings toward the receiver. Here, we propose that affectionate touch also positively impacts receivers' body satisfaction, because affectionate touch is a positive message communicated toward the receiver's body. In a cross-sectional sample of romantically partnered women (N = 1,156), we assessed the association between affectionate touch frequency and body satisfaction. We also investigated whether affectionate touch is associated with relationship/sexual satisfaction in part because touch helps to improve women's evaluations of their own bodies. Our results showed that body satisfaction was a significant, partial mediator and a valid path through which affectionate touch shapes relationship quality. Receiving affectionate touch could bolster relationship satisfaction and self-perceptions among women. Given the prevalence of body dissatisfaction amongst women, these results suggest that the underexplored associations between affectionate touch and body satisfaction may have significant impacts on a wide array of future empirical and applied research trajectories.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"776-786"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139742621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Been There, Done That: The Impact of the Novelty of Penile Vaginal Intercourse (PVI) and Participants' Sex on Delay and Probability Discounting of PVI. 经历过，做过：阴茎阴道性交（PVI）的新奇性和参与者的性别对阴茎阴道性交延迟和概率折扣的影响。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2328250

Wayne R Hawley, Gregory D Morrow

{"title":"Been There, Done That: The Impact of the Novelty of Penile Vaginal Intercourse (PVI) and Participants' Sex on Delay and Probability Discounting of PVI.","authors":"Wayne R Hawley, Gregory D Morrow","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2328250","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2328250","url":null,"abstract":"Delay and probability discounting tasks are useful for understanding aspects of decision making. The current study, which employed a mixed-model design to assess discounting of penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI), was conducted online with male and female participants recruited from Prolific (N = 300; mean age = 34.1 years). Results of the novel delay and probability discounting tasks indicated that as the delay to PVI increased, or as PVI became less certain to occur, participants were instead more likely to choose to receive oral sex, the reward initially indicated as less desirable. Having previously engaged in PVI, however, enhanced this reversal of preferences on both tasks, which suggests PVI loses some of its value when no longer novel. Males and females similarly discounted PVI on the delay discounting task, which suggests biological sex may not impact the propensity to wait for a preferred sexual behavior. On the probability discounting task, however, males were more averse to a reduced probability of PVI occurring and instead opted for receiving oral sex. The sexual behavior discounting tasks developed in the current study, and ones like it, may prove useful for identifying preferences in sexual behaviors, and ultimately enhance sexual and relationship satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"809-817"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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In the Mood: How Sexual Desire Predicts and is Predicted by Romantic Partners' Mood. 心情：性欲如何预测恋人的心情以及恋人的心情如何预测性欲。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2395482

Liesse Frérart, Claudia De Roovere, Laura Sels, Eva Ceulemans, Erick Janssen, Peter Kuppens

{"title":"In the Mood: How Sexual Desire Predicts and is Predicted by Romantic Partners' Mood.","authors":"Liesse Frérart, Claudia De Roovere, Laura Sels, Eva Ceulemans, Erick Janssen, Peter Kuppens","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2395482","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2395482","url":null,"abstract":"The association between mood and sexual desire has been the object of significant scientific and public interest. How mood shapes and is shaped by sexual desire is typically studied within one and the same individual, yet sexual desire is often experienced in the context of a romantic relationship. To obtain a more complete picture of the relation between mood and sexual desire, we examined the temporal interplay between mood and sexual desire both within and between partners in a romantic relationship. Using data from an experience sampling study involving both partners of mixed-gender romantic couples (N = 188; Mage = 26.34, SDage = 5.33), we investigated how each partner's mood (in terms of positive and negative affect) predicted their own sexual desire as well as that of their partner and vice versa. Results of both concurrent and temporal analyses confirmed bidirectional associations between mood and sexual desire both within and between partners, such that (1) both a person's own and their partner's positive mood predicted an increase in sexual desire, and a person's own and their partner's negative mood predicted a decrease in sexual desire. In addition, (2) both a person's own and their partner's sexual desire predicted an increase in positive mood, and a person's own and their partner's sexual desire predicted a decrease in negative mood. Only a few gender differences were found. The results underscore how sexual desire can predict and be predicted by both romantic partners' mood, highlighting the need for interactional models of sexual desire.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"832-842"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Queering Cisgender LGB+ Women's Sexual Health Scripts. 同性恋、双性恋、变性人和双性人妇女性健康剧本的同性恋化。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2323742

Mari R Tarantino, Rose Wesche

{"title":"Queering Cisgender LGB+ Women's Sexual Health Scripts.","authors":"Mari R Tarantino, Rose Wesche","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2323742","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2323742","url":null,"abstract":"The invisibility of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB+) women in sexual health research is of particular concern when it comes to understanding and supporting their sexual health practices. We conducted a qualitative secondary analysis of sexual health decision-making interviews among 22 LGB+ cisgender women who ranged in age from 20 to 26 (M = 23.1 years, SD = 1.8 years). Participants were mostly bisexual (n = 9), White (n = 13), and all reported at least some college education. Results showed that LGB+ women both reify and push against heteronormativity in their sexual partnerships. By queering definitions of \"sex\" beyond heterosexual intercourse, leaning into trust as a foundation of new sexual partnerships, and promoting accessible and realistic hygienic strategies for STI prevention, LGB+ women queer, or reimagine, new sexual scripts. These results highlight the need for relationship and sexual health scholars to direct focus toward the promotion of holistic sexual and relationship education and research which reflects LGB+ women's various sexual desires, goals and needs. Understanding LGB+ women's sexual scripts and health outcomes will ensure that this population continues to be validated and supported by clinicians, researchers, and educators.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"487-499"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140040824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"I Didn't Realize How Common it Was:" A Mixed-Methods Study Examining Changes in Perceptions of Sexual Assault, Sex and Consent, and Sexual Behavior as a Function of the #Metoo Movement. "我没有意识到这有多普遍："一项混合方法研究，探讨 #Metoo 运动对性侵犯、性与同意以及性行为的认知变化。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2352555

Stephanie B Ward, Samantha Nardella, Kate W Hamilton, Kate Walsh

{"title":"\"I Didn't Realize How Common it Was:\" A Mixed-Methods Study Examining Changes in Perceptions of Sexual Assault, Sex and Consent, and Sexual Behavior as a Function of the #Metoo Movement.","authors":"Stephanie B Ward, Samantha Nardella, Kate W Hamilton, Kate Walsh","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2352555","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2352555","url":null,"abstract":"This mixed-methods study examined awareness and perceived legitimacy of the #MeToo movement and how #MeToo changed perceptions of sexual assault and consent, as well as sexual interactions, in the United States. Adults residing in the U.S. were recruited through CloudResearch to complete an online survey in 2021. Quantitative data from 680 participants (M age = 45.8, 60% women, 77.4% White) indicated moderate awareness and perceived legitimacy of the #MeToo movement; Black, LGBQ+, and more politically liberal respondents had greater #MeToo awareness while younger, more liberal respondents, and those with greater rejection of rape myths rated #MeToo more legitimate. Among 354 participants (M age = 45.0, 65.3% women, 76.4% White) who answered at least one open-ended question with regard to changes resulting from the #MeToo movement, thematic analysis revealed nine primary themes: (1) Describing change; (2) Change in understanding; (3) More cautious; (4) Wrong or requires reporting/punishment; (5) Gendered social norms; (6) Easier to talk about; (7) #MeToo rhetoric; (8) Consequences for survivors, and (9) Empowerment. Several sub-themes were identified among the primary themes and implications for sexual assault prevention and response were discussed. The study findings are contextualized by social constructionism, with a particular focus on gender-based power dynamics, contributing to a growing literature documenting the cultural impact of the #MeToo movement.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"641-655"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11582078/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141082833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of Group Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy versus Supportive Sex Education on Sexual Concordance and Sexual Response Among Women with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder. 团体正念认知疗法与支持性性教育对性趣/性厌恶障碍女性的性一致性和性反应的影响》（Effects of Group Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy versus Supportive Sex Education on Sexual Concordance and Sexual Response Among Women with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder）。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2319695

Meredith L Chivers, Bozena Zdaniuk, Martin Lalumière, Lori A Brotto

{"title":"Effects of Group Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy versus Supportive Sex Education on Sexual Concordance and Sexual Response Among Women with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder.","authors":"Meredith L Chivers, Bozena Zdaniuk, Martin Lalumière, Lori A Brotto","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2319695","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2319695","url":null,"abstract":"Low interest in sexual activity and impaired sexual response are among women's most frequent sexual concerns. Mindfulness-based treatments improve low sexual desire and arousal and associated distress. One theorized mechanism of change is the cultivation of increased mind-body awareness via greater concordance between psychological and physiological components of sexual response. We examined sexual psychophysiology data from 148 cisgender women randomized to receive mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MCBT: n = 70) or supportive sex education (STEP: n = 78) over eight weekly group sessions. Women completed in-lab assessments of subjective, affective, and genital sexual responses to an erotic film pre- and post-treatment, and at 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Both groups showed positive changes in sexual and affective responses, but these were generally more pronounced for MBCT. MCBT increased sexual concordance to a greater degree, and gains in sexual concordance predicted improvements in sexual distress throughout treatment.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"750-764"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140112126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the Orgasm Gap Across Racial/Ethnic Groups: A Descriptive Analysis. 探索不同种族/族裔群体的性高潮差距：描述性分析。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2308044

Grace M Wetzel, Diana T Sanchez, Amanda N Gesselman, Olivia R Adams, Jessica T Campbell, Justin R Garcia

{"title":"Exploring the Orgasm Gap Across Racial/Ethnic Groups: A Descriptive Analysis.","authors":"Grace M Wetzel, Diana T Sanchez, Amanda N Gesselman, Olivia R Adams, Jessica T Campbell, Justin R Garcia","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2308044","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2308044","url":null,"abstract":"Orgasm gaps between heterosexual men and women, and for women across sexual orientations, are well-established in research. However, no large-scale assessments of orgasm frequency by race/ethnicity exist. Here, we analyzed 10 years of cross-sectional Singles in America survey data between 2011 and 2021 to investigate the orgasm gap at the intersection of gender and racial/ethnic identity (i.e. White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian) for heterosexual participants (N = 27,347). White and Hispanic/Latino men reported greater orgasm frequency than Black and Asian men. Hispanic/Latino women reported the greatest orgasm frequency, and Asian women reported the lowest, with White and Black women's frequencies in between. The orgasm gap between men and women was largest for White (d = 0.89) and Asian (d = 0.86) groups, although Asian participants reported a lower orgasm frequency than White participants overall. The orgasm gap was smaller for Hispanic/Latino participants (d = 0.66), because Hispanic/Latino women reported a greater orgasm frequency than other racial/ethnic groups of women. The orgasm gap was smaller for Black participants (d = 0.61), because Black men reported a lower orgasm frequency than some other racial/ethnic groups of men. This descriptive study serves as an important starting point for future research on orgasm experiences across racial/ethnic groups.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"683-692"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"It's Almost Boring When It Should Be Enjoyable and Fun": College Students' Definitions of Bad Sex. "本该愉悦有趣，却近乎无聊"：大学生对不良性行为的定义。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-27 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2319258

Aya Shigeto, Kristin M Anders

{"title":"\"It's Almost Boring When It Should Be Enjoyable and Fun\": College Students' Definitions of Bad Sex.","authors":"Aya Shigeto, Kristin M Anders","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2319258","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2024.2319258","url":null,"abstract":"Some of the primary reasons for sexual activities among college students include self-focused motives such as pleasure, along with other-focused motives that facilitate relatedness such as intimacy and emotional connection. However, college students' motivations for sex (or lack thereof) may also be impacted by the meaning they make of their own or peers' experience of \"bad sex\" - sex that is consensual yet \"bad\" or \"negative\" in some way. Therefore, the current study qualitatively explored college students' definitions of \"bad sex.\" A total of 300 college-attending emerging adults (ages 18-25) provided open-ended responses regarding their definition of \"bad sex\" that is not sexual assault or rape. Using a thematic analytic approach, we identified six main themes on how participants defined what constituted \"bad sex\": (1) Lack of Pleasure, (2) Negative Outcomes (3) Unmet Expectations, (4) Sexual Violence, (5) Lack of Connection, and (6) Bad Partner. Additionally, the themes were examined based on gender identity, sexual activity status, sexual orientation, and relationship status. Implications for college sex education along with areas of future research with diverse populations and qualitative methodology are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"555-567"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139974371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Role of Attractiveness in Gendered Sexual Response Patterns. 吸引力在性别性反应模式中的作用。

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Journal of Sex Research Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2284346

Amanda D Timmers, Shari M Blumenstock, Lisa DeBruine, Meredith L Chivers

{"title":"The Role of Attractiveness in Gendered Sexual Response Patterns.","authors":"Amanda D Timmers, Shari M Blumenstock, Lisa DeBruine, Meredith L Chivers","doi":"10.1080/00224499.2023.2284346","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00224499.2023.2284346","url":null,"abstract":"Previously documented sexual response patterns of gender-specificity among gynephilic men and gender-nonspecificity among gynephilic women could be explained by women responding more strongly to non-gendered aspects of sexual stimuli. Cues of attractiveness are known determinants of sexual decision-making, yet have not been directly tested as determinants of sexual response. The current study investigated the role of attractiveness cues in explaining gender-based patterns of sexual response. Thirty-one gynephilic men and 60 androphilic women were presented slideshows of images depicting individual nude men and women that were pre-rated in a pilot study as either attractive or unattractive. The men and women were posed with legs spread and aroused genitals displayed prominently. Images were isolated against a white background and included minimal contextual information. Three sexual responses - genital arousal (via photoplethysmographs), self-reported arousal, and visual attention (via eye-tracking) - were recorded continuously. Across all three response modalities, men's and women's responses were stronger for the attractive versus unattractive images and for their preferred versus non-preferred gender. For men's arousal and women's self-reported arousal, the effect of attractiveness was stronger for their preferred versus non-preferred gender. Thus, both men and women demonstrated preference-specific patterns of sexual response. Gender cues had the strongest effect on men's visual attention, whereas attractiveness cues had the strongest effect on women's visual attention. Findings establish the importance of target attractiveness in arousal to sexual stimuli and add to mounting evidence that androphilic women's sexual responses are sensitive to gender, but may be more sensitive to non-gendered features of sexual stimuli.","PeriodicalId":51361,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sex Research","volume":" ","pages":"903-918"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138832938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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