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Adaptation and Validation of the LGBTQIA+ Minority Stress Measure in Spanish Adults 西班牙成人LGBTQIA+少数民族应激测量的适应与验证。

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Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-07-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03474-6

Juan E. Nebot-Garcia, Jaime Barrientos, M. Dolores Gil-Llario, Rafael Ballester-Arnal

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Attitudes of Victim-Blame Toward Image-Based Sexual Abuse Victim-Survivors in Fiji: Understanding Gendered and Cultural Norms 斐济的受害者对基于图像的性虐待受害者幸存者的指责态度：理解性别和文化规范。

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-07-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03467-5

Asher Flynn, Emma Quilty, Natasha Khan, Soropepeli Ramacake

{"title":"Attitudes of Victim-Blame Toward Image-Based Sexual Abuse Victim-Survivors in Fiji: Understanding Gendered and Cultural Norms","authors":"Asher Flynn, Emma Quilty, Natasha Khan, Soropepeli Ramacake","doi":"10.1007/s10508-026-03467-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-026-03467-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Victim-blaming and entrenched gender norms are a persistent barrier to justice and support pathways for victim-survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Fiji. While these issues have been considered in relation to physical forms of abuse, there remains limited understanding of how these attitudes may impact victim-survivors of technology-facilitated sexual violence, particularly image-based sexual abuse—the non-consensual creation, capture, distribution, or threatened distribution of nude or sexual imagery. This article examined these dynamics drawing on a reflexive thematic analysis of focus groups run with 30 young people aged 18–24 years across the Fijian cities of Suva, Labasa, and Lautoka. The focus groups explored young people’s attitudes toward image-based sexual abuse victimization, including using the illustrative case study of former Fijian Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya, who had a private sexual video of her disseminated online without her consent and was subsequently dismissed from her Ministerial position. Our paper explores how cultural, religious, and moral frameworks shape perceptions of victimhood, purity, and blame among young Fijians. Our findings reveal that patriarchal and moralistic narratives contributed to a hostile environment for image-based sexual abuse victim-survivors, where they are often silenced and held responsible for their abuse, while perpetrators evade accountability. This research contributes to the growing literature on gender-based violence in Fiji and underscores the need for culturally grounded education and awareness initiatives that challenge victim-blaming and patriarchal narratives to support justice for victim-survivors, such as targeted youth workshops on consent and digital harms, run in partnership with faith-based organizations and community leaders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"55 5","pages":"2123 - 2138"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-026-03467-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148372533","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}

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The Hurlbert Index of Sexual Desire-Short Form: Psychometric Properties 赫尔伯特性欲指数-简短形式：心理测量特性。

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-07-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03487-1

Brady C. Eisert, Jared R. Anderson, Maria F. Portillo

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Sociopolitical Drivers of Health Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities within the United States: Historical Context and Contemporary Policy. 美国LGBTQ+社区健康差异的社会政治驱动因素：历史背景和当代政策。

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-07-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03565-4

Samuel D Garrison,Dustin Z Nowaskie

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Active, Passive, and Non-Sexting Adolescents: Testing Deviancy and Normalcy Perspectives Across Risk-Related and Sexual Competence Variables 主动、被动和不发性短信的青少年：在风险相关变量和性能力变量中测试偏差和正常观点。

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-07-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03477-3

Katharina Brand, Sascha Hein, Barbara Krahé, Paulina Tomaszewska, Isabell Schuster

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Perceived Waist-to-Hip Ratio Predicts Attractiveness, Age, and Parity Judgments in Pre-Contemporary European Portraits of Clothed Women 感知腰臀比预测吸引力，年龄，和平等的判断前当代欧洲穿着衣服的女性肖像。

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-06-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03485-3

Jeanne Bovet, Valentine Truchard, Charlotte Touzeau, Coralie Chevallier, Nicolas Baumard

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Nulliparous Women’s Self-Objectification, Fear of Childbirth, and Fertility Intentions: A Mediational Model 未生育妇女的自我物化、分娩恐惧和生育意图：一个中介模型。

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Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-06-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03491-5

Chen Yang, Shu-Qi Shen

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Sexual Identity, Gender-Nonconformity, and Acoustic Speech Characteristics of Gay and Straight Australian English-Speaking Men 说英语的澳大利亚男同性恋和异性恋男性的性认同、性别不一致性和语音特征。

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-06-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03468-4

Tünde Szalay, Duy Duong Nguyen, Paolo Bravi, Antonia M. Chacon, John Holik, Grace Leonard, James S. Morandini, Catherine J. Madill

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Woman Up!: Vertical Metaphors for Gender in Chinese Bai Practitioners of Azhaliism 女人了!：中国白族教徒对性别的纵向隐喻。

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Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-06-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03489-z

Heng Li

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More Pills, Safer Sex? Emergency Contraception and Sexual and Reproductive Behavior Among Youths in Chile 更多的药物，更安全的性行为？智利青少年的紧急避孕和性与生殖行为。

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2026-06-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-026-03471-9

Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Francisco J. Pino, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

{"title":"More Pills, Safer Sex? Emergency Contraception and Sexual and Reproductive Behavior Among Youths in Chile","authors":"Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Francisco J. Pino, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans","doi":"10.1007/s10508-026-03471-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10508-026-03471-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Implementation of sexual and reproductive health policies in Chile has faced strong opposition in the past 30 years. However, during the 2000s, the country introduced the possibility of access to emergency contraceptive pills; access varied at the local level, depending on each municipality’s decision to adopt the policy. Taking advantage of this unstructured implementation of the emergency contraception policy in the country, the study aimed at identifying the impact of the availability of emergency contraception pills on sexual and reproductive behavior, using multilinear regressions as well as time, municipality, and individual controls. In terms of sexual behavior, the estimations showed that, in municipalities where emergency contraception was available, youths were less likely to initiate sexual activity—compared to those living in municipalities where the pill was not available—no effect in terms of the number of sexual partners during a year, and more likely to use hormonal contraception. Estimations showed that emergency contraception availability influenced sexual and reproductive health outcomes directly (e.g., by reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies) but also had an indirect effect by changing people’s behavior. Results highlight the link between contraceptive methods and their usefulness as a strategy to engage youths with the health system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"55 5","pages":"2173 - 2180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148322571","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}

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