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Building Blocks of Parent-Child Sex Communication: Body Talk During Infancy and Early Childhood. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-24 Laura M Padilla-Walker,Meg O Jankovich,Corinne Archibald,Katey Workman,Noah Chojnacki,Anna Calley
The current study investigated how foundational conversations about the body and sexuality begin, how they develop longitudinally, and whether parental body talk varies as a function of characteristics of both the parent and child. Participants included 442 mothers (M age = 32.50, SD = 5.61, 93% heterosexual, 85% White) and 337 available father-figures (M age = 33.99, SD = 5.68, 98% heterosexual, 80%
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A Black Feminist Study of Black Mother-Daughter Sexual Communication Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Shelby Astle, Khrystal Johnson, Jayla Simms, Seanna Leath
There is a well-established body of literature on parent-child sexual communication (PCSC) among Black families. Still, most of this work focuses on reducing sexual risk behaviors among Black girls...
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Beyond Force, Incapacitation, or Verbal Coercion: Rates and Outcomes of Sexual Assault without Warning. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Anna E Jaffe,Rebecca L Howard Valdivia,Jessica A Blayney,Cynthia A Stappenbeck
To date, most sexual assault research has focused on specific perpetrator tactics, including verbal coercion, substance-related incapacitation, and force. Responding to recent calls to assess a broader range of nonconsensual sexual experiences, we examined the occurrence and outcomes of sexual assault without warning - when a perpetrator "just does" a behavior without giving a chance to say "no." Participants
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Similar Employment of Coercion Strategies by Men and Women: Links Between Conformity to Traditional Masculine Ideologies and Sexual Coercion Following Sexual Rejection Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Jennifer Birke, Margarethe Hochleitner, Nikola Komlenac
During hookups some people use coercive tactics to obtain sex from a reluctant partner. The current study explored whether individuals with greater conformity to traditional masculine ideologies (T...
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Large Language Models in an App: Conducting a Qualitative Synthetic Data Analysis of How Snapchat’s “My AI” Responds to Questions About Sexual Consent, Sexual Refusals, Sexual Assault, and Sexting Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Tiffany L. Marcantonio, Gracie Avery, Anna Thrash, Ruschelle M. Leone
Comprehensive sexual health education for young people often remains largely inaccessible, leaving gaps in knowledge about sexual consent, refusals, sexual assault, and sexting. Snapchat’s My AI, t...
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The Prioritization of Women's Orgasms During Heterosex: A Critical Feminist Review of the Implications for Women's Sexual Liberation. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Sara B Chadwick
Orgasm is considered by many to be an essential part of women's ideal sexual experiences. As a result, sexual liberation narratives have often advocated for the prioritization of women's orgasms - particularly during heterosex - framing them as a central indicator of "good," healthy, liberated sex. However, scholars have increasingly critiqued these narratives, arguing that they result in an orgasm
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Understanding the Ebbs and Flows of Sexual Desire: A Daily Diary Study on the Temporal Associations Between Dyadic Sexual Desire and Partner Interactions Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Sofia Prekatsounaki, Tom Loeys, Paul Enzlin
Sexual desire has often been conceptualized and studied as an individual trait. However, empirical evidence suggests that there is also value in studying it as a state and dyadic construct. Through...
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Gender Differences in Sexual Violence Victimization Experiences and Validity of Victimization Reports: A Think-Aloud Study. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Nicole K Jeffrey,Charlene Y Senn
This study compared the qualitative nature of women and men's sexual violence (SV) victimization, the types of experiences captured and missed on the Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (SES-SFV) across genders, and common interpretations of the SES-SFV items. Fifty-four university students (31 women, 21 cis men, 2 trans men) who had recent unwanted (but not necessarily nonconsensual)
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In the Mood: How Sexual Desire Predicts and is Predicted by Romantic Partners’ Mood Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Liesse Frérart, Claudia De Roovere, Laura Sels, Eva Ceulemans, Erick Janssen, Peter Kuppens
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 ...
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Rules (And the Lack of Rules) About Pornography Use Among Heterosexual Couples Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Brian J. Willoughby, Carson R. Dover, Josh Stewart
Pornography use has become a normative sexual behavior. Despite this, little is known about how romantic couples navigate, discuss, or create boundaries and rules about pornography use in their rel...
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The Relationship Between Sexual Minority Stress and Sexual Satisfaction: A Meta-Analytic Review Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Terri A. Croteau, Todd G. Morrison
Despite increased scholarly attention being paid to minority stress and sexual satisfaction among sexual minorities, to our knowledge, no researchers have attempted to systematically synthesize thi...
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Exploring the Role of Attachment and Coping Strategies in Sexual Orientation Disparities in Depressive Symptoms Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Yin Xu, Jinghao Feng, Qazi Rahman
We tested whether sexual orientation disparities in depressive symptoms are partially explained by a path through attachment anxiety or avoidance leading to ineffective coping strategies. A conveni...
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Attraction Toward One’s Partner is Associated with Sexual Desire, Satisfaction, and Distress Among Couples Coping with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Charlene F. Belu, Sophie Bergeron, Jackie S. Huberman, Gracielle C. Schwenck, Natalie O. Rosen
The sexual incentive motivation model suggests that attractive stimuli activate the sexual response system. Attraction toward one’s partner has been linked to greater sexual satisfaction, but no qu...
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The Gender Gap in Partnered Orgasm: A Scoping Review of Evidence with Graphical Comparisons Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Elizabeth E. McElroy, Samuel L. Perry
This article provides a review and visualization of findings over the last 30 years related to the orgasm gap between men and women in heterosexual encounters. We describe and compare techniques co...
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Perceived Social Support Buffers the Consequences of Internalized Negativity Among Individuals in Consensual Non-Monogamous Relationships Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 David L. Rodrigues, Thomas R. Brooks, Rhonda N. Balzarini, Amy C. Moors
Departures from monogamy are socially discouraged and met with negative judgments, and being a target of stigmatization has consequences for the way individuals in consensual non-monogamous (CNM) r...
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Sexual Synchrony During Partnered Sex Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Marieke Dewitte
There is growing interest in understanding how sexual arousal unfolds between partners, and how this may change over the course of a relationship and in the face of sexual distress. To capture the ...
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When Your Partner is Being Flirted With: The Impact of Unsolicited Attention on Perceived Partner Desirability and Mate Retention Efforts Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Gurit E. Birnbaum, Doron Friedman, Kobi Zholtack, Naama Gilad, Noa Bergman, Dan Pollak, Harry T. Reis
When searching for a partner, people often rely on social cues to determine partners’ suitability, finding those who attract attention from others particularly appealing. While people continue to e...
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Clients’ Perceptions of Authentic Intimate Connection on Erotic Webcam Modeling Sites Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Ellen M. Kaufman, Amanda N. Gesselman, Margaret Bennett-Brown
While early uses of technology in the sex industry centered on increasing accessibility to pornography or expanding advertising opportunities for direct service sex workers, the growing prevalence ...
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A Study of the Dyadic Associations of Self-Compassion on Sexual Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction: Evidence of Differential Associations Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Courtney A. Loveless, Christopher Quinn-Nilas
Recent research has supported the positive effects of self-compassion for couples’ relationships; however, these efforts have only recently been applied to couples’ sexuality. Although there is som...
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The Kink Orientation Scale: Developing and Validating a Measure of Kink Desire, Practice, and Identity Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Liam Wignall, Mark McCormack, Tom Carpino, Rebecca Owens, Thomas Barton
Kink, often referred to as BDSM, is an important aspect of a sizable minority’s sexual desires, practices, and personal relationships, yet there are few ways to assess kink engagement in a holistic...
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Do Demand-Withdrawal Communication Patterns During Sexual Conflict Predict Couples’ Relationship Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, and Sexual Distress? An Observational and Prospective Study Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Natalie O. Rosen, Justin P. Dubé, Myriam Bosisio, Sophie Bergeron
Sexual conflict is common, yet it is one of the most challenging topics for couples because it provokes more negative emotions relative to other conflicts. Such challenges might prompt couples to r...
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Chemsex Among Men Having Sex with Men: A Scoping Review on Management, Support, and Harm Reduction Strategies Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Loic Lemain, Delphine Lever, Catherine Therene-Mouden, Romain Verdeau, Marie Barais, Morgane Guillou-Landreat
Chemsex defines the practice of sexual activity under the influence of psychoactive substances, mainly by Men who have Sex with Men (MSM). This activity can be associated with negative health conse...
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“The Nurse Told Her to Get Checked More Regularly Because She is Having Sex with Black Men”: An Exploration of the Sexual Health Experiences of Black Heterosexual Men in London Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Uzochi Nwaosu, Emily LeRoux-Rutledge, Jane Meyrick
Drivers of poor sexual health outcomes among Black heterosexual man are poorly understood. Previous research has identified a need to understand Black men’s behavioral experiences and motivators in...
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LGBTQI Sexual Well-Being and Embodiment After Cancer: A Mixed-Methods Study Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Amanda Denes, Jane M. Ussher, Rosalie Power, Janette Perz, Samantha Ryan, Alexandra J. Hawkey, Gary W. Dowsett, Chloe Parton
This study examined lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) cancer patients’ sexual well-being post-cancer, and the associations between sexual well-being and social suppor...
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From the U.S. to Denmark and Beyond: It’s Time to Reimagine the Use of Control Variables in Observational Research Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Paul J. Wright, Robert Tokunaga, Debby Herbenick
Methodologists from a variety of social and behavioral sciences have called attention to misunderstandings, misclassifications, and misapplications of third variable “controls” in observational res...
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Recruiting and Engaging Heterosexual-Identified Men Who have Sex with Men: A Brief Report of Considerations for Sex Researchers Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Travis R. Scheadler, Salem Rao, Paul A. Shuper, Oliver W. J. Beer, Tyrone Curtis, Lauren B. McInroy, Andrew D. Eaton
Heterosexual-identified men who have sex with men (H-MSM) are a unique population difficult to identify and recruit for research and practice. Yet, engaging H-MSM remains a top research priority to...
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Correction Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-17
Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Definitions of Having Sex in Older Men and Women and Their Relationship with Sexual Well-Being Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Joshua Cameron, Pablo Santos-Iglesias
The goal of this study was to explore the sexual activities that older adults consider as having had sex and to examine correlates of the ways that older men and women define sex. A sample of 286 m...
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The Revised Sexual Experiences Survey Victimization Version (SES-V): Conceptualization, Modifications, Items and Scoring Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 Mary P. Koss, RaeAnn Anderson, Zoë D. Peterson, Heather Littleton, Antonia Abbey, Robin Kowalski, Martie Thompson, Sasha Canan, Jacquelyn White, Heather McCauley, Lindsay Orchowski, Lisa Fedina, Elise Lopez, Christopher Allen
The Sexual Experiences Survey [SES] is considered the gold standard measure of non-consensual sexual experiences. This article introduces a new victimization version [SES-V] developed by a multidis...
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Expanding the Sexual Experiences Survey to Include Technology Facilitated Sexual Exploitation Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 Robin Kowalski, Martie Thompson
The Sexual Experiences Survey is the most widely used measure of sexual assault victimization and perpetration among college students. To improve comprehensiveness and inclusiveness, the current re...
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Preliminary Evidence of Validity for the Verbally Pressured and Illegal Sexual Exploitation Modules of the Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization. Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 RaeAnn E Anderson,Zoë D Peterson,Mary P Koss,Antonia Abbey,Lindsay Orchowski,Martie P Thompson,Robin Kowalski,Heather L Littleton
The Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V; see Koss et al., 2024) revises the prior 2007 Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (SES-SFV) in many ways, including expanded measurement of verbally pressured and illegal sexual exploitation, as well as the addition of items that assess being made to perform a sexual act or to penetrate another person sexually. The current article describes
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Preliminary Prevalence Estimates of Sexual Exploitation as Measured by the Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V) in a National US Sample Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 Zoë D. Peterson, Mary P. Koss, RaeAnn E. Anderson
The new Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V) was designed to capture a larger range of sexual exploitation and to be applicable to more diverse populations than prior measures. This stud...
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Quantifying Criminal Sexual Acts: The Illegal Sexual Exploitation Module of the Revised Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V) Measure Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 Zoë D. Peterson, Heather L. Littleton, RaeAnn E. Anderson, Mary P. Koss
Since the initial development of the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) four decades ago, the SES has been designed to measure a range of forms of sexual exploitation, including acts that are coercive...
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Words Can Hurt: A Taxonomy of Verbally Pressured Sexual Exploitation in the SES-V Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 RaeAnn E. Anderson, Zoë D. Peterson, Sasha N. Canan, Antonia Abbey, Heather McCauley, Lindsay M. Orchowski, Lisa Fedina, Heather Littleton, Mary P. Koss
This article describes the development of the Verbally Pressured Sexual Exploitation module of the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES)-Victimization (introduced by Koss et al., 2024). This module asses...
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Navigating Conflicting Ideals of Masculinity: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Male Partners of Women with Vulvodynia Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Linn Myrtveit-Stensrud, Sidsel L. Schaller, Gro K. Haugstad, Karen S. Groven
Vulvodynia, a long-term genital pain disorder with a high lifetime prevalence, profoundly impacts both the affected women and their partners. However, the experiences of these partners have been un...
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Camsites as a Context for Sexual Consent Education: User Experiences Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Amanda N. Gesselman, Ellen M. Kaufman, Margaret Bennett-Brown, Jessica T. Campbell
Understanding sexual consent is essential for the promotion of healthy sexual relationships and the prevention of sexual violence. Emerging sexual technologies can provide opportunities for users t...
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Relations Between Rape Myths, Ambivalent Sexism, Social Dominance Orientation, and Right-Wing Authoritarianism Across Gay and Straight Women and Men: More Similar Than Dissimilar Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Adelheid A. M. Nicol, István Tóth-Király
Rape myths support and fuel cultural understandings regarding gender roles and deny the victim’s rights and strengthen those of the instigator. Little research exists examining the invariance of ra...
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Why College Women and Men Refrain from Sex Despite Desire: Development of the No Sex Despite Desire (NSDD) Measure Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 A. Michelle Poston, Taylor L. Oliver, Alessandra Lanti, Stephen D. Benning
Humans have sex for myriad reasons, many unrelated to desire. But under what conditions does sexual desire not lead to sex? We investigated reasons college students refrain from sex despite desire ...
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Sexual Victimization, Emotion Dysregulation, and Sexual Consent Feelings and Communication During a Recent Sexual Encounter Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Kate Walsh, Sarah R. Lowe, Stephanie Ward
Sexual consent has been a major focus of campus campaigns to reduce sexual violence (SV). However, these campaigns often educate students about consent with little attention to the complex ways con...
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The Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Against Adolescents in School and Community Settings: A Scoping Review Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Eunice Carmo, Nélio Brazão, Joana Carvalho
Sexual Violence (SV) is a public health problem with serious long-term consequences for victims. This scoping review aimed at summarizing the implementation, methodology, characteristics, and effic...
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(Dis)Similarities in Attitudes Between Partners About Women’s Solo Masturbation: A Dyadic Approach to Solo Masturbation and Its Associations with Sexual Satisfaction Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Dilan Kılıç, Heather L. Armstrong, Cynthia A. Graham
Attitudes among couples about women’s solo masturbation are not well understood. The primary aim of this study was to assess (dis)similarities in attitudes between partners about women’s solo mastu...
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Psychometric Properties of the Sexual Services Acts Materials for Pay (SSAMP) Index: Identifying the Virtual, In-Person, and Material Sex Trades for Financial Compensation Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Lara B. Gerassi, Laura Zimmerman, Kate Walsh
Exchanging sex for financial compensation is thought to be underreported primarily because extant studies (1) use a single item to capture a complex, stigmatized phenomenon, and (2) do not capture ...
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Coerced Condomless Sex: A Scoping Review of Qualitative Studies Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Weiqi Chen, Mitchell Kirwan, Julia F. Hammett, Robin Stewart, Kelly Cue Davis
Coerced condomless sex is a prevalent form of sexual coercion that is associated with severe negative health consequences. This scoping review addresses the current lack of synthesized qualitative ...
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Adolescent Barriers to Sexual Communication with Their Parents: Differences by Sexual and Gender Identity Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Jordyn McCrimmon, Laura Widman, Julia Brasileiro
Parent-adolescent sexual communication has important health benefits for adolescents, yet not all families openly communicate about sex. In particular, adolescents often report various barriers to ...
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Why Do People Watch Pornography? Cross-Cultural Validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) and Its Short Form (PUMS-8) Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy, Shane W. Kraus, Zsolt Demetrovics, Marc N. Potenza, Émilie Gaudet, Rafael Ballester-Arnal, Dominik Batthyány, Sophie Bergeron, Joël Billieux, Peer Briken, Julius Burkauskas, Georgina Cárdenas-López, Joana Carvalho, Jesús Castro-Calvo, Yun-Hsuan Chang, Lijun Chen, Giacomo Ciocca, Ornella Corazza, Rita I. Csako, David P. Fernandez, Hironobu Fujiwara, Elaine F. Fernandez, Johannes
Motivations for pornography use may vary across gender identities, sexual orientations, and geographical regions, warranting examination to promote individual and public health. The aims of this st...
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“I Don’t Care if it Would Kill the Mood. I’m Going to Use My Words”: Perceptions and Use of Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent in Neurodiverse Undergraduate Students Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Erin E. McKenney, Claudia L. Cucchiara, Amy Senanayake, Katherine O. Gotham
Adults entering college, especially autistic individuals, may have a higher likelihood of unwanted or distressing sexual experiences. Additionally, autistic adults appear to endorse dissatisfying s...
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Sexual Health Education Experiences and Recommendations from the Perspective of LGBTQ+ Youth Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-16 Steven Hobaica, Erica Szkody, Ian Sotomayor, Jessica Liao, Jessica L. Schleider
Despite the well-known benefits of comprehensive sexual health education, the majority of school sexual health education curricula in the United States (U.S.) is non-comprehensive and excludes LGBT...
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Age and Gender Identity in the Relationship Between Minority Stress and Loneliness: A Global Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Eddy M. Elmer, Theo G. van Tilburg, Tineke Fokkema
Loneliness is prevalent among sexual minority adults and is associated with minority stress. Yet there is limited understanding of how loneliness and minority stress vary across key demographic var...
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Critical Consciousness and Sex Positivity: Opinions on Race Play within Alternate Sexuality Communities Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 James E. Brooks, Yael R. Rosenstock Gonzalez, Mishael Sims
Race play, the act of making explicit overtures to race, racial differences, or political racial dynamics within the context of a kink or BDSM (bondage dominance/submission, sadism/masochism) can b...
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Under Pressure: Men’s and Women’s Sexual Performance Anxiety in the Sexual Interactions of Adult Couples Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Amanda Bockaj, Megan D. Muise, Charlene F. Belu, Natalie O. Rosen, Lucia F. O’Sullivan
Most research on sexual performance anxiety has focused on men’s experiences and links to erectile functioning and premature ejaculation, with little research attention given to women’s experiences...
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The Sexual Double Standard and Adolescent Stigma: A Sociometric and Comparative Approach Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Derek A. Kreager, Jeremy Staff, Diane Felmlee, Haoyang Zhang, René Veenstra
This study applied a sociometric approach to examine the traditional sexual double standard within a sample of Dutch adolescents (N = 1,175; 53.8% females; Mage = 14.75). Drawing on script theory a...
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Disclosure of Sexually Transmitted Infections to Sexual Partners: A Systematic Critical Literature Review Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Kayley D. McMahan, Spencer B. Olmstead
The purpose of this review was to systematically and critically evaluate the STI disclosure literature (excluding HIV disclosure literature), summarize limitations and omissions, and identify oppor...
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Exploring the Relationships Between Body Image, Sexual Well-Being, and Community Connectedness among Gay, Bisexual and Queer+ Men Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Joshua Earl Co Bajada, Wesley Grey, Stefano Ciaffoni, Jordan D. X. Hinton
Sexual minority (SM) men are more likely than heterosexual men to experience body dissatisfaction due to prevailing body ideals (e.g. lean and muscular) within the SM community. Negative body image...
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Does the Paraphilia Scale Work for Everyone? Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance Across Gender and Sexual Orientation Groups Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Michael C. Seto, Elisabeth J. Leroux, Leanne Kane, Andrea R. Ashbaugh, Martin L. Lalumière, Susan Curry, Skye Stephens, Meredith L Chivers
We conducted three studies to examine the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Paraphilia Scale, a measure of paraphilic interests used in multiple studies. In the first study, we con...
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A Network Analysis of the Fear Avoidance Model of Genital Pain Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Marieke Dewitte, Marlene Werner, Moniek ter Kuile, Linnea Engman, Ida Flink
Using a novel data-driven network approach, this study aimed to examine the interconnection between the key elements of the Fear-Avoidance Model of female genital pain – sexual arousal, fear-avoida...
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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 Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Stephanie B. Ward, Samantha Nardella, Kate W. Hamilton, Kate Walsh
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 ...
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Sexual Violence Victimization and Substance Use among Individuals Identifying on the Asexual Spectrum: Differences between Asexuality, Graysexuality, and Demisexuality Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Randolph C. H. Chan, Fei Nga Hung
Despite the growing visibility of the asexual community across the globe, little is known about how individuals on the asexual spectrum navigate their (a)sexual experiences. Asexual individuals may...
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Reclaiming Pleasure: Does Satisfying Consensual Sexual Activity Predict Next-Day Positive Affect Among Women with a History of Sexual Assault? Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Alexandra N. Brockdorf, Katherine W. Bogen, David DiLillo
Substantial research documents the psychosocial benefits of sexual activity, including heightened positive affect and lowered negative affect following sexual encounters. However, it is important t...
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Association of Recalled Childhood Sex-Typed Behavior with Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Iranian Adult Males and Females Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Mostafa Sadr-Bazzaz, Ali Talaei, Mohammad Javad Sadeghi, Marjan Moradi, Zahrasadat Ahmadisoleymani, Paul L. Vasey
Same-sex sexual attraction in both males and females has been associated with childhood sex-atypical behavior. Gynephilic females recall behaving in a manner that is less female-typical and more ma...
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Developing an Inclusive Model of Young Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women’s Sexual Decision-Making Journal of Sex Research (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Rose Wesche, Madelyn Toman, Erika L. Grafsky, Shivangi Gupta, Mari R. Tarantino
Efforts to improve sexual health outcomes among young cisgender women require in-depth understanding of how women with diverse sexual identities make decisions about their sexual health. We conduct...