Archives of Sexual Behavior最新文献

{"title":"LGBTQ+ Cultural Sensitivity Training for Mental Health Professionals in the USA.","authors":"Juan C Jauregui, Gary W Harper","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03132-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03132-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143708161","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":"Attachment Insecurity Mediates the Associations Between Childhood Trauma and Duration of Emotions During a Laboratory-Based Sexual Conflict Discussion Among Couples","authors":"Noémie Bigras, Natalie O. Rosen, Justin P. Dubé, Marie-Ève Daspe, Myriam Bosisio, Katherine Péloquin, Sophie Bergeron","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03120-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03120-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Childhood trauma alters both emotional and relational processes, and thus could make it more difficult for couples to navigate relationship challenges such as sexual disagreements. Given the potential threat they involve, sexual conflicts may elicit more negative emotions for both partners. They can also trigger attachment insecurities—relational vulnerabilities that are particularly heightened during periods of stress, especially following childhood trauma. Hence, attachment anxiety and avoidance might be mechanisms through which childhood trauma influences couples’ emotion dynamics during sexual conflicts. However, we know very little concerning how emotions unfold moment to moment in the context of couples’ sexual disagreements, and the roles of childhood trauma and attachment insecurities therein. Same- and mixed-gender/sex couples (<i>N</i> = 151) completed online surveys and took part in a laboratory-based filmed discussion about their most important sexual problem. Following the discussion, participants completed self-reported measures of their positive and negative emotions. Then, partners independently viewed their filmed discussion to continuously report on their emotional experience during the conflict and, lastly, trained raters coded the valence of participants’ expression of emotions during the task. Actor–partner interdependence models showed that a person’s greater childhood trauma was associated with fewer positive emotions post-discussion and shorter experienced and expressed positive emotions during the conflict, as well as more negative emotions post-discussion and longer experienced and expressed negative emotions, both directly and indirectly via attachment anxiety (but not attachment avoidance). Results underscore the need to better understand sexuality-related positive and negative emotions in couple interactions, and the role of distal factors such as childhood trauma and attachment.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703226","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":"Onset Age and Internalizing Problems in Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria: Is There an Association?","authors":"Saskia Fahrenkrug, Inga Becker-Hebly, Lena Herrmann, Claus Barkmann, Sarah Hohmann, Carola Bindt","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03118-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03118-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An increasing heterogeneity of clinical presentations and varying levels of psychological problems characterize gender dysphoria (GD) in adolescents. These clinical patterns suggest distinct developmental trajectories. Here, we examine the onset age of GD, i.e., the percentage of early onset (EO) vs. late onset (LO), and its association with internalizing problems in adolescents with GD. The sample consisted of 462 adolescents (11–18 years, <i>M</i>_age = 15.46 years; 392 birth-assigned females, 70 birth-assigned males) who attended the Hamburg Gender Identity Service for Children and Adolescents (Hamburg GIS) in Germany between 2013 and 2021. Onset age was self-reported during clinical interviews and then later scored by clinicians using a DSM-5 rating sheet. When adolescents retrospectively met criteria A and B for childhood-onset GD, they were rated as having an EO. Those who fulfilled neither criteria A nor B in childhood were considered to have a LO. Internalizing problems were assessed using the Youth Self-Report. Overall, 51% (<i>n</i> = 237) of adolescents with GD presented with an EO and 49% (<i>n</i> = 225) reported diagnostic criteria related to a LO. More than half of the sample (58%, <i>n</i> = 266) fell within the clinical range for internalizing problems. Furthermore, LO (as opposed to EO) was significantly associated with reporting more internalizing problems. Our findings emphasize that adolescents with LO represent a particularly vulnerable group whose needs should be considered more closely diagnostically and treatment-wise. A protocol-based approach to the indication of physical interventions may not adequately address current clinical presentations and should be complemented by a differential approach based on individual adolescent development.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677642","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":"Nudity Norms and Breast Arousal: A Cross-Generational Study in Papua","authors":"Michal Mikolaj Stefanczyk, Piotr Sorokowski, S. Craig Roberts, Agnieszka Żelaźniewicz","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03122-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03122-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Female breasts elicit sexual arousal in men, but there is much speculation about the underlying cause of this phenomenon. Some argue that breast size and shape are cues of a woman’s age, sexual maturity, fecundity, fertility, and/or nutritional status, whereas others espouse a cultural rationale, such that social norms biding women to cover their upper bodies lead men to desire what is hidden. To address this issue, we asked 80 men from the Dani people (Papua, Indonesia) about their sex-related behaviors and attitudes regarding their partners’ breasts. The older participants (<i>N</i> = 40; aged 40–70 years, M, 50.2) were raised in times when toplessness was a norm among Dani women, while the younger ones (<i>N</i> = 40; 17–32 years, M, 24.0) were raised when customs had changed such that Dani women covered their breasts in public. We found that the two groups of men did not differ in terms of (1) the sexual arousal they experience when seeing naked female breasts, (2) the frequency of touching their partners’ breasts during sexual intercourse, and (3) the significance of a woman’s breasts for her perceived attractiveness among men. These findings indicate that the degree of exposure to breasts did not influence men’s responses about them, suggesting that attraction to breasts may be driven by deep-seated desires that are not overridden by cultural practices regarding exposure or covering up. Our study thus provides preliminary evidence that men’s sexualization of female breasts might have cross-cultural, evolutionary grounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143677576","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":"A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences of Disclosing Non-Monogamy","authors":"Joel R. Anderson, Alena Bondarchuk-McLaughlin, Scarlet Rosa, Karen D. Goldschlager, D. X. Hinton Jordan","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03119-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03119-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Non-monogamy refers to a set of relationship identities and structures that go against societal norms and expectations of “typical” relationships (i.e., monogamous heteronormative dyadic relationships). As such, non-monogamous individuals often conceal this identity and then need to engage in continuous decision-making processes regarding when and how to disclose, due in part to the structural barriers, stigma, and discrimination faced by this population. This study sought to explore the experiences of the disclosure of consensual (or ethical) non-monogamy and the factors impacting on the decision to disclose across a range of environments. Data on lived experiences were explored by conducting qualitative semi-structured interviews with 32 non-monogamous adults living in Australia. Based on grounded theory, four key themes were identified during the analysis of the data: (1) decisions around how and when to disclosure are complex, (2) responses to disclosure are typically negative, (3) structural barriers typically prevent disclosure, and (4) unless specifically trained, healthcare providers are typically uninformed about non-monogamy. These findings are discussed in relation to providing a base model of disclosure for future research to build upon and to enhance understanding of systemic and healthcare-related issues faced by this population. This research adds to the current understanding of factors impacting disclosure, with possible clinical implications and suggestions for future research discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143695279","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":"The Gendered Sexual Experiences and Marital Quality of Middle-Aged Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples","authors":"Yiwen Wang, Hye Won Chai, Debra Umberson, Sara Mernitz","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03125-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03125-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sex plays an important role in shaping the marital quality of couples, often in different ways for men and women in different-sex marriages. However, gender dynamics are likely to differ for same-sex compared to different-sex couples. In this study, we compared the sexual experiences and marital quality of men and women in mid-life same-sex and different-sex marriages and considered the perspectives of both spouses in each couple. We employed mixed-effects multilevel modeling to analyze U.S.-based dyadic survey data collected from 830 spouses in 415 unions using snowball sampling. We assessed gender differences in sexual frequency, sexual satisfaction, and sexual motives as well as the associations of respondent and partner reports of sexual experiences with marital quality. Both men and women in same- and different-sex marriages reported similar levels of sexual satisfaction and they were equally likely to desire sex for emotional closeness. However, compared to women in same-sex marriages, women in different-sex marriages were more likely to have sex to please their spouse, for the sake of the relationship or due to pressure from their spouse. Moreover, partner reports of feeling pressured to have sex were negatively associated with marital quality for all groups, except for men married to women. Taken together, study findings show that sexual experiences and consequences for marital quality vary for men and women in same- and different-sex marital contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143695489","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":"From Privilege to Threat: Unraveling Psychological Pathways to the Manosphere","authors":"Brooke Franklin-Paddock, Michael J. Platow, Michelle K. Ryan","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03114-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03114-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this research, we explore how identity influences the adoption of misogynistic beliefs central to the manosphere, online communities known for sexism and linked to increasing extremism and real-world violence against women. Through two correlational studies (Study 1: <i>N</i> = 311; Study 2: <i>N</i> = 470), we examined how identity factors related to privilege, identification, and perceived threat from feminism predict the endorsement of manosphere attitudes. We focus on two key manosphere attitudes: anti-feminism and evolutionary beliefs about women's manipulative nature. As predicted, results showed that the less men acknowledge their privileged status relative to women, the more they feel threatened by feminists, which in turn was associated with endorsing manosphere attitudes. In Study 2, we found evidence that perceptions of status stability moderate this relationship. Men who recognized their privilege and foresee changing gender dynamics reported feeling less threatened and showed lower affinity for manosphere attitudes. We discuss the potential for mitigating the appeal of manosphere attitudes and emphasized the need for future research on conceptualizations of masculine identity and updated measures of sexism that reflect the content of contemporary gender discourse and the manosphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665923","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":"Long Lashes, Mixed Signals: Investigating the Effect of Eyelash Length on Perceived Health, Attractiveness, and Sexual Receptivity","authors":"Farid Pazhoohi","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03131-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03131-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Eyelashes have evolved as a protective feature for the eyes, offering defense against external dangers such as contamination, excessive evaporation, and shear stress from airflow. They may also serve as indicators of an individual’s health, since various diseases, both congenital and non-congenital, can influence eyelash length. Building on the argument of evolutionary functionality, recent research into human preferences for eyelash length, from an evolutionary perspective, has identified an inverted-U preference pattern across all ethnic groups. However, this research primarily focused on the attractiveness of eyelash length, leaving questions about the alignment of health perceptions and attractiveness and how eyelash length might signal sexual receptivity unaddressed. The current study aimed to fill these gaps by investigating perceptions of health and sexual receptivity as functions of eyelash length, hypothesizing that while long eyelashes may be rated as less attractive, they could be perceived as signals of sexual receptivity. To explore these questions, participants evaluated the perceived health, attractiveness, and sexual receptivity of female faces from Indian, Asian, Black, and White groups, featuring a range of eyelash lengths from none to half the eye’s width. Results confirmed that both health and attractiveness perceptions follow an inverted-U pattern, peaking at eyelash lengths about one-third the width of the eye, consistently across different ethnicities and regardless of the participant’s sex. Additionally, results showed that eyelash length is positively associated with perceived sexual receptivity, suggesting that longer eyelashes might signal openness to casual relationships, despite lower attractiveness and health ratings at lengths beyond the optimal one-third ratio. This indicates a potential reproductive strategy linked to wearing long eyelashes and reveals that perceptions of attractiveness and sexual receptivity can diverge.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143653353","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":"Experiences and Minority Stress of Sexual Minority Student Athletes in Chinese Collegiate Sports.","authors":"Meng Xiang, Kim Geok Soh, Yingying Xu, Seyedali Ahrari, Noor Syamilah Zakaria","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03107-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03107-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual minority youth frequently encounter discrimination in sports, limiting their ability to fully access the physical, psychological, and social benefits of sports participation. This issue remains particularly underexplored in Asian contexts, creating a significant gap in the research on sexual minority youth in sports. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis and minority stress theory as a framework, this qualitative study examined the experiences and stress of sexual minority student-athletes (SMSAs) in China. Based on semi-structured interviews with 16 current and former SMSAs, the study identified three key themes: (1) Chinese cultural pressures and normative expectations, (2) Sports norms reinforcing the sex-gender-sexuality triad, and (3) Anticipated stigma and internalized stigma. While echoing global patterns of discrimination within sports, the findings highlight the unique cultural influences shaping SMSAs' experiences and stress in China. This study underscores the urgent need for inclusive sports policies, diversity training, and mental health support systems to create safer, more equitable environments for sexual minority athletes.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143661933","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":"The Role of Body Image Factors in Swedish Adolescents’ Sexting Behaviors","authors":"Jonas Burén, Kristina Holmqvist Gattario, Carolina Lunde","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03115-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03115-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The current study tested a model in which three body image factors were assumed to be associated with adolescents’ sexting (sending nude or semi-nude pictures and/or video clips) to either romantic partners or strangers. We hypothesized that lower appearance esteem, more body surveillance, and more dysfunctional appearance beliefs would be associated with a higher likelihood of sexting. We also examined the effects of pubertal timing in the model, along with assessing the moderating effect of gender on the pathways to sexting. A questionnaire study was conducted with 1543 adolescents (girls = 791, 50.7%; boys = 772, 49.3%), ages between 13 and 16 years. The results from structural equation modeling indicated that girls’ and boys’ dysfunctional appearance beliefs were most consistently associated with sexting with romantic partners and strangers. Body surveillance also predicted sexting with strangers, but only for boys. Contrary to our hypotheses, appearance esteem was not significantly associated with sexting. Early-maturing girls and boys were more likely to sext with either partner. Girls reporting earlier pubertal timing were more likely to sext with romantic partners via the mediation of appearance beliefs. The findings from this study provide novel evidence of the complex interplay between body image and adolescents’ sexting, emphasizing that, in general, dysfunctional appearance beliefs seem to be more important for adolescents’ sexting compared to body surveillance and appearance esteem.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143661160","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}