Lillian N. O. da Silva, Tainah P. de P. Costa, Felipe N. Castro
{"title":"The Impact of Body Odors on Sexual Attraction and Partner Selection: A Review of Cisgender Homosexual Men and Women","authors":"Lillian N. O. da Silva, Tainah P. de P. Costa, Felipe N. Castro","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03022-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03022-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examined the role of odors in sexual attraction and partner selection among non-heterosexual individuals. We searched using MESH terms in databases including PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, and Clinical Trials. We focused on experimental or quasi-experimental studies where olfactory cues were used in partner selection. The studies had to identify participants’ sexual orientation and include heterosexuals for comparison. Seven studies, published between 2005 and 2014, involving 345 participants (Mean age, 27.09 years), met the criteria. Results suggest that sexual orientation affects both preference for and production of human body odors and that human body odors appear to provide cues about the sex and sexual orientation of potential partners. Most participants were male, limiting conclusions about the role of pheromones in attraction among non-heterosexual women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 1","pages":"65 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-024-03022-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142487436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zsófia Csajbók, Zuzana Štěrbová, Peter K. Jonason, Lucie Jelínková, Jakub Binter, Jan Havlíček
{"title":"Observed Aspects of Mate Value and Sociosexuality Account for Mate Preferences: Data from a Large, Representative Study from Czechia","authors":"Zsófia Csajbók, Zuzana Štěrbová, Peter K. Jonason, Lucie Jelínková, Jakub Binter, Jan Havlíček","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03010-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03010-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While there is substantial research on what people want in their romantic and sexual partners, much of this work focuses on WEIRD, youthful samples, fails to consider the role of undesirable characteristics (i.e., things people do not want in partners) at all, or in conjunction with desirable characteristics (i.e., things people do want in partners), and may be overly reliant on psychometric approaches to pivotal variables in mating psychology like mate value and sociosexuality. In a nationally representative (online) sample of 2280 people from Czechia (aged between 18 and 50 years old), we examined linear and quadratic age, education, and self-perceived mate value (desirability) effects on the desired levels in mate choice of eight undesirable and seven desirable characteristics in men and women in relation to ostensible metrics of mate value. Self-perceived mate value alone explained little variance (men 1%, women 2%), while all mate value and mating strategy indicators together explained little variance of mate preferences and aversions (men 3%, women 5%). Desirable characteristics were better explained by mate value than undesirable ones. Our results are in line with evolutionary predictions suggesting that women are more demanding. Also, more qualities to offer correlate with more expectations in a partner.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 1","pages":"309 - 322"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11782345/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Another Myth of Persistence?","authors":"Alex Byrne","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03026-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03026-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"53 10","pages":"3711 - 3711"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-024-03026-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142451369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rodrigo Falcão Chaise, Carolina Pestana Cardoso, Felipe Fiegenbaum Wingert, Tomás Treger Piltcher, Kátia Bones Rocha, María Jesús Martín López
{"title":"Factors Associated with Sexually Explicit Internet Material Use among Adolescents: A Systematic Review","authors":"Rodrigo Falcão Chaise, Carolina Pestana Cardoso, Felipe Fiegenbaum Wingert, Tomás Treger Piltcher, Kátia Bones Rocha, María Jesús Martín López","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03002-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03002-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The advent of the Internet has made pornography more accessible to many people, including teenagers. This systematic review aimed to synthesize data on factors associated with the consumption of sexually explicit internet materials (SEIM) among adolescents. A total of 753 records in Scopus, Embase, MEDLINE/PubMed, and PsycINFO databases were sorted. Forty-eight quantitative survey studies that presented original empirical results and addressed SEIM use among adolescents were included for data extraction, quality analysis, and synthesis. The prevalence of SEIM use varied substantially between studies due to inconsistencies between the operationalization methods used to assess the theoretical construct of SEIM, the period of use (days, months, years), and the age of the participants. SEIM use was highly related to being a boy and having an independent relational style. It was moderately associated with more sexual agency and hyperfemininity for girls and associated with small-to-moderate effect size, with more willingness to engage in casual sex. Sexual performance orientation, sexual permissiveness, bullying behavior, and Internet addiction might be associated with SEIM consumption, although the effect size of these associations was not calculated. Among developmental predictors with high and medium effect sizes, greater use of SEIM in adolescents was associated with being older or reaching puberty. Peer pressure or striving for peer popularity can account for boys’ greater exposure to SEIM. The results described show the importance of standardizing the evaluation of SEIM use. Literacy in the use of pornography among teenagers is essential to prevent the possible negative impacts of SEIM consumption.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"53 10","pages":"3993 - 4029"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142449786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandro Villena-Moya, Carlos Chiclana-Actis, Roser Granero, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Marc N. Potenza, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Gemma Mestre-Bach
{"title":"Pornography Use and Associated Factors in Adolescents: A Cross-Jurisdictional Approach (Spain vs. Mexico)","authors":"Alejandro Villena-Moya, Carlos Chiclana-Actis, Roser Granero, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Marc N. Potenza, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Gemma Mestre-Bach","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03000-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03000-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pornography use is common among adolescents. However, there has been limited in-depth examination of cross-country differences in adolescent pornography use. Therefore, the main aim of the present study was to understand cross-jurisdictional differences in problematic pornography use (PPU) in 1810 adolescents from Spain and Mexico. The relationship between sociodemographic variables, loneliness, sexual risk behaviors, and religiosity with PPU and cross-jurisdictional differences between the two Spanish-speaking populations was assessed. In the Spanish sample, pornography use was a mediator of risky sexual behaviors, with this association being greater in males, older individuals, and those with a non-heterosexual orientation. In the Mexican sample, non-use of condoms was directly statistically predicted by older age, poor familial relationships, low religiosity, and more frequent pornography use. Jurisdictional differences in relationships between variables were observed in the two samples (Spanish and Mexican). Clinical implications and potential sociocultural factors that may underlie observed differences in the two Spanish-speaking cultures are considered and warrant additional investigation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 2","pages":"733 - 748"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexual and Affectionate Behaviors and Satisfaction for Adults in Romantic Relationships: A Latent Profile Analysis","authors":"Alyssa N. Clark, Eva S. Lefkowitz","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03016-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03016-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Engaging in both sexual and affectionate behaviors with a romantic partner is often beneficial for adults’ sexual and relationship satisfaction and promotes relationship stability. However, prior research has primarily examined either adults’ sexual or affectionate behaviors, and has yet to explore patterns of sexual and affectionate behaviors and their associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction. In the current paper, we used a person-centered approach and latent profile analysis to identify specific profiles of adults’ physical behaviors in same-gender and mixed-gender relationships, and examined associations of these profiles with sexual and relationship satisfaction. Adults (<i>N</i> = 336, 85.4% LGBTQ+; 45% women, 30% men, 38.6% gender-diverse; <i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 29.07 years) who were currently in a committed romantic partner relationship for at least six months completed online surveys. We found that a 3-profile solution best fit the data and identified the following profiles: Infrequent Physical Behaviors, Affection-focused Behaviors, and Comprehensive Physical Behaviors. Adults in the Infrequent Physical Behaviors profile were less sexually and relationally satisfied than adults in the other profiles. Adults in the Comprehensive Physical Behaviors profile were more sexually satisfied than the two other profiles. Further, profiles did not differ for mixed-gender compared to same-gender or gender-diverse couples. Our findings have implications for understanding the diversity in adults’ physical behavior patterns, including how clinicians might better support adults’ sexual and relationship satisfaction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"54 1","pages":"175 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-024-03016-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Older Gay Men’s Sexual Experiences as Boys with Men: An Empirical and Narrative Analysis","authors":"Bruce Rind","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03012-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03012-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A dominant view among researchers is that boys’ sexual interactions with adult men are traumatizing. In contrast, many gay men recall childhood sexual experiences with adult males as positive. The current study tested for both of these outcomes by examining recalled boyhood sexual experiences of older gay men. Interviews were conducted in the 1970–1980s, and thus, before the public view became popular that child–adult sexual interactions must be traumatizing. Quantitative analyses suggested that gay men with boyhood sexual experiences with adult males (<i>n</i> = 7, mostly aged 11–16 at first experience with men aged 20s to 50s) were as well adjusted as those without these experiences (<i>n</i> = 10), and these experiences were usually viewed positively (71%). Narrative analyses indicated that adjustment problems in adulthood were not related to these early sexual experiences but to other factors such as parental abusiveness, societal intolerance, internalized homophobia, or social isolation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"53 10","pages":"3875 - 3893"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christel Protiere, Abdourahmane Sow, Vincent Estellon, Morgane Bureau, Vincent Leclercq, Muriel Grégoire, Fred Bladou, Bruno Spire, David Michels, Perrine Roux
{"title":"Diversity of Chemsex Experiences among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Results from the French ANRS PaacX Study Using Q-Methodology","authors":"Christel Protiere, Abdourahmane Sow, Vincent Estellon, Morgane Bureau, Vincent Leclercq, Muriel Grégoire, Fred Bladou, Bruno Spire, David Michels, Perrine Roux","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03007-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03007-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Chemsex is mostly approached through the prism of risk-taking, neglecting the pleasure and social linking dimensions. However, feedback from the field and few studies highlights a diversity of chemsex practices and relationships to chemsex (RtC). Using Q-methodology, we identified the main RtC and their divergences and convergences, to help develop tailored prevention and care programs. Q-methodology enables the exploration of complex subjective structures and provides a multifaceted picture of a phenomenon. In 2019–2020, we asked 126 men who have sex with men living in France and practicing chemsex to rank order 37 statements. RtC were defined through by-person factor analysis and interpreted using a holistic process. Five RtC emerged, highlighting various motivations for practicing chemsex, relationships to substance use and to sexuality, and regulation strategies implemented: (1) From compensation to fulfillment; (2) The pleasure-seeking manager; (3) Between addiction and management; (4) From curiosity to the destruction of sexuality; and (5) From the hope of compensation to disillusion. Respondents all agreed on two statements: the need to first accept oneself as a drug user in order to be able to manage drug use, and the possibility of harm reduction during chemsex sessions. Our results are the first to elicit the main RtC and the intricacies between the dimensions at stake. The five analysis-based narratives derived from RtC might facilitate discussion during interviews or support groups on chemsex, and could serve as a standardized survey tool. Our findings advocate longitudinal studies to identify factors associated with shifting from one RtC to another.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin L. Lalumière, Skye Stephens, Michael C. Seto
{"title":"Is the Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interest-2 a Measure of Pedophilic Interests or a Measure of Behavioral Propensity to Sexually Offend Against Children?","authors":"Martin L. Lalumière, Skye Stephens, Michael C. Seto","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-03017-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-03017-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"53 10","pages":"3715 - 3718"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142436372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ernesto Tarragón, Giulia Testa, Roser Granero, Marc N. Potenza, Shane W. Kraus, Juan Carlos Uríszar, Carlos Chiclana Actis, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Gemma Mestre-Bach
{"title":"Spanish Validation of the Brief Pornography Screen Within a Clinical Sample of Individuals with Gambling Disorder","authors":"Ernesto Tarragón, Giulia Testa, Roser Granero, Marc N. Potenza, Shane W. Kraus, Juan Carlos Uríszar, Carlos Chiclana Actis, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Gemma Mestre-Bach","doi":"10.1007/s10508-024-02986-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-024-02986-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Problematic pornography use (PPU) shares characteristics with behavioral addictions, such as gambling disorder (GD), and PPU and GD may frequently co-occur. In order to fill existing gaps in screening instruments for PPU validated in GD, the study examined the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Brief Pornography Screen (BPS) within a clinical sample of individuals with GD. A total of 200 individuals seeking treatment for GD were consecutively recruited. The psychometric properties of the BPS were examined by performing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and testing for evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. The CFA supported a one-factor solution showing high internal consistency (α = 0.81). The BPS showed convergent validity and correlated with psychological distress, general psychopathology, impulsive tendencies, and low self-directedness. The BPS demonstrated adequate psychometric properties and is therefore recommended as a brief screening tool for identifying probable PPU in individuals seeking treatment for GD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"53 10","pages":"3759 - 3768"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142364224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}