Abstract

Sexological worldview is the lens through which someone sees and makes meaning of the sexual world around them. The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) may be a useful tool in operationalizing cultural humility and responsiveness to sexological differences. This research explored whether the DMIS explains the stages of someone’s sexological worldview development across a continuum of dualist to relativist perspectives and ways of interacting with others who are similar or different. The lead author interviewed 30 sexuality professionals and students in the US and found that the participants’ sexological worldview development could be explained using the DMIS framework. We discuss the use of the DMIS for the future design of Sexuality Attitudes Reassessment (SAR) programs, a type of training required in the credentialing of sexologists, and the measurement of SAR training outcomes as they pertain to cultural humility and responsiveness. Future research should focus on the development of an empirical instrument to measure sexological worldview development and SAR educators should create new, or align existing, training activities to match their SAR participants’ worldview development.

摘要

性学世界观是一个人通过它看到并理解他们周围的性世界的镜头。跨文化敏感性发展模型 (DMIS) 可能是一个有用的工具，可用于实现文化谦逊和对性别差异的反应。这项研究探讨了 DMIS 是否解释了一个人的性世界观发展的阶段，跨越了从二元论到相对主义观点的连续统一体，以及与相似或不同的其他人互动的方式。主要作者在美国采访了 30 位性专业人士和学生，发现参与者的性世界观发展可以使用 DMIS 框架来解释。我们讨论了使用 DMIS 来设计未来的性态度重新评估 (SAR) 计划，性学家资格认证所需的一种培训，以及与文化谦逊和响应能力有关的 SAR 培训成果的衡量。未来的研究应侧重于开发衡量性学世界观发展的实证工具，SAR 教育者应创建新的或调整现有的培训活动，以匹配其 SAR 参与者的世界观发展。