Pub Date : 1992-10-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500403
R. Jenks
A total of 88 swingers in the U.S. responded to a questionnaire dealing with AIDS. Respondents were asked to indicate their level of fear of getting the HIV virus, how often they swing, how long they have swung, their reasons for (or not for) fearing AIDS, and if their sexual habits have changed because of the AIDS epidemic. The main prediction was that they would deny their risk of getting AIDS. This would be manifested in negative correlations between their fear level and both the time and frequency of swinging. Results were mixed. A majority had some fear of getting AIDS; knowing someone who had died from AIDS led to more fear; and a majority said they had changed their sexual habits, but less than 7% had actually quit swinging.
{"title":"Fear of aids among swingers","authors":"R. Jenks","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500403","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 88 swingers in the U.S. responded to a questionnaire dealing with AIDS. Respondents were asked to indicate their level of fear of getting the HIV virus, how often they swing, how long they have swung, their reasons for (or not for) fearing AIDS, and if their sexual habits have changed because of the AIDS epidemic. The main prediction was that they would deny their risk of getting AIDS. This would be manifested in negative correlations between their fear level and both the time and frequency of swinging. Results were mixed. A majority had some fear of getting AIDS; knowing someone who had died from AIDS led to more fear; and a majority said they had changed their sexual habits, but less than 7% had actually quit swinging.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133927349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-10-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500404
H. Pearson, W. Marshall, H. Barbaree, S. Southmayd
This report provides an illustration of the potential value of drugs which enhance the effects of serotonin in the treatment of a compulsive paraphilia. A 37-year old man who had a long history of little control over urges to expose and to engage in obscene telephone calling, was placed on an open trial of buspirone. Buspirone proved very effective and this outcome, along with other reports of the beneficial effects of serotonin enhancers, encourages further research. Most interesting and notable was the observation that benefits continue to be maintained at 30 months after withdrawal of treatment.
{"title":"Treatment of a compulsive paraphiliac with buspirone","authors":"H. Pearson, W. Marshall, H. Barbaree, S. Southmayd","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500404","url":null,"abstract":"This report provides an illustration of the potential value of drugs which enhance the effects of serotonin in the treatment of a compulsive paraphilia. A 37-year old man who had a long history of little control over urges to expose and to engage in obscene telephone calling, was placed on an open trial of buspirone. Buspirone proved very effective and this outcome, along with other reports of the beneficial effects of serotonin enhancers, encourages further research. Most interesting and notable was the observation that benefits continue to be maintained at 30 months after withdrawal of treatment.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122735905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500303
Joel W. Wells
Male and female respondents (N=252) were asked by questionnaire to react to homosexual and heterosexual behavior as if they were viewing films dealing with content showing intimate kissing and explicit sexuality. Factors examined were: curiosity about homosexuality, perceived similarity of homosexuality to heterosexuality, approval of homosexuality involving consenting adults, comparative attractiveness of gays and lesbians to heterosexuals, sexual inhibition, and responses to being labeled as gay. Findings indicate varied sex differences following traditional roles with homosexual threat for males and fear of being labeled homosexual by both genders as significant concerns.
{"title":"Heterosexual university students' perceptions of homosexual behavior","authors":"Joel W. Wells","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500303","url":null,"abstract":"Male and female respondents (N=252) were asked by questionnaire to react to homosexual and heterosexual behavior as if they were viewing films dealing with content showing intimate kissing and explicit sexuality. Factors examined were: curiosity about homosexuality, perceived similarity of homosexuality to heterosexuality, approval of homosexuality involving consenting adults, comparative attractiveness of gays and lesbians to heterosexuals, sexual inhibition, and responses to being labeled as gay. Findings indicate varied sex differences following traditional roles with homosexual threat for males and fear of being labeled homosexual by both genders as significant concerns.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128240100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500302
K. Wilson, G. Abel, B. J. Coyne, J. Rouleau
Outpatient paraphilic's sex guilt scores were compared to their self-reported number of paraphilic acts. Additionally, the relation between sex guilt and penile tumescence in response to deviant sexual stimuli were analyzed using a conversion score of penile tumescence (deviant sexual arousal divided by sexual arousal toward neutral stimuli). Sex guilt scores were significantly related to the number of self-reported deviant acts and were higher than those typically reported for the general population. Sex guilt was not significantly related to deviant sexual arousal. However, there was a weak, but significant, relation between age and deviant sexual arousal. Sex guilt appears to pose no threat to the validity of erectile measures in assessing paraphilics. Nonetheless, the relation between sex guilt and self-reported deviant sexual acts suggests sex guilt as a potentially useful treatment focus.
{"title":"Sex guilt and paraphilic behavior","authors":"K. Wilson, G. Abel, B. J. Coyne, J. Rouleau","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500302","url":null,"abstract":"Outpatient paraphilic's sex guilt scores were compared to their self-reported number of paraphilic acts. Additionally, the relation between sex guilt and penile tumescence in response to deviant sexual stimuli were analyzed using a conversion score of penile tumescence (deviant sexual arousal divided by sexual arousal toward neutral stimuli). Sex guilt scores were significantly related to the number of self-reported deviant acts and were higher than those typically reported for the general population. Sex guilt was not significantly related to deviant sexual arousal. However, there was a weak, but significant, relation between age and deviant sexual arousal. Sex guilt appears to pose no threat to the validity of erectile measures in assessing paraphilics. Nonetheless, the relation between sex guilt and self-reported deviant sexual acts suggests sex guilt as a potentially useful treatment focus.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129631046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500301
R. E. Freeman-longo, Fay Honey Knopp
Ill-advised negative media coverage on sex offender treatment program outcomes has increased in recent years. The following article provides current brief insights into why state-of-the-art sex offender treatment programs offer the safest, most cost-effective option in response to sex offender behavior. Issues on the developing discipline of sex offender treatment, current changes in treatment, benefits of treatment versus incarceration, program efficacy and recidivism and politics surrounding these issues are discussed. The article closes with specific advice in providing information to the media.
{"title":"State-of-the-art sex offender treatment: Outcome and issues","authors":"R. E. Freeman-longo, Fay Honey Knopp","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500301","url":null,"abstract":"Ill-advised negative media coverage on sex offender treatment program outcomes has increased in recent years. The following article provides current brief insights into why state-of-the-art sex offender treatment programs offer the safest, most cost-effective option in response to sex offender behavior. Issues on the developing discipline of sex offender treatment, current changes in treatment, benefits of treatment versus incarceration, program efficacy and recidivism and politics surrounding these issues are discussed. The article closes with specific advice in providing information to the media.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131223198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500304
R. Wolfe
A single case study is presented utilizing an aversive procedure designed to reduce paraphilic sexual arousal. Pre- and post-treatment plethysmographic data are presented that show marked change in deviant responding in less than 13 hours of client-applied conditioning therapy. Implications for further research are discussed.
{"title":"Video aversive satiation: A hopefully heuristic single case study","authors":"R. Wolfe","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500304","url":null,"abstract":"A single case study is presented utilizing an aversive procedure designed to reduce paraphilic sexual arousal. Pre- and post-treatment plethysmographic data are presented that show marked change in deviant responding in less than 13 hours of client-applied conditioning therapy. Implications for further research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124119722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diabetes in sex offenders","authors":"R. Langevin, J. Bain","doi":"10.1007/BF00849735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00849735","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130877396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-04-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500202
J. V. Becker, R. Stein, M. Kaplan, Jerry Cunningham-Rathner
One hundred and sixty adolescent sexual offenders were evaluated by penile plethysmography, using two-minute audiotaped stimulus cues. Results indicate that 80.6% of the adolescents achieved greater than 20% of an erection response. Mean latency from stimulus onset to maximum tumescence was 95 seconds. Mean latency to detumescence from stimulus offset was 109 seconds. These results indicate that adolescent males are suitable subjects for psychophysiologic assessment which can be used as part of an overall evaluation to determine treatment needs in this population.
{"title":"Erection response characteristics of adolescent sex offenders","authors":"J. V. Becker, R. Stein, M. Kaplan, Jerry Cunningham-Rathner","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500202","url":null,"abstract":"One hundred and sixty adolescent sexual offenders were evaluated by penile plethysmography, using two-minute audiotaped stimulus cues. Results indicate that 80.6% of the adolescents achieved greater than 20% of an erection response. Mean latency from stimulus onset to maximum tumescence was 95 seconds. Mean latency to detumescence from stimulus offset was 109 seconds. These results indicate that adolescent males are suitable subjects for psychophysiologic assessment which can be used as part of an overall evaluation to determine treatment needs in this population.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126537802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-04-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500201
J. Hunter, D. Goodwin
The efficacy of satiation therapy in reducing deviant sexual arousal in residentially treated juvenile perpetrators was evaluated using psychophysiological assessment. A group of twenty-seven youth showed a significant decline in their percent deviant score from baseline to a nine month treatment interval using verbal satiation and other therapies. A group of twelve youths remained relatively refractory through nine months using verbal satiation and other therapies for the first six months, followed by the combination of verbal and laboratory satiation in months six through nine. Age of perpetrator was the only variable which predicted response to treatment, with older youth appearing to have a greater potential for learning to lower deviant arousal while maintaining high arousal to stimuli depicting consensual, age appropriate sexual activity.
{"title":"The clinical utility of satiation therapy with juvenile sexual offenders: Variations and efficacy","authors":"J. Hunter, D. Goodwin","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500201","url":null,"abstract":"The efficacy of satiation therapy in reducing deviant sexual arousal in residentially treated juvenile perpetrators was evaluated using psychophysiological assessment. A group of twenty-seven youth showed a significant decline in their percent deviant score from baseline to a nine month treatment interval using verbal satiation and other therapies. A group of twelve youths remained relatively refractory through nine months using verbal satiation and other therapies for the first six months, followed by the combination of verbal and laboratory satiation in months six through nine. Age of perpetrator was the only variable which predicted response to treatment, with older youth appearing to have a greater potential for learning to lower deviant arousal while maintaining high arousal to stimuli depicting consensual, age appropriate sexual activity.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126435493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1992-01-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329200500101
C. Lund
Sixteen developmentally disabled males with serious sexual behavior problems received combinations of individual counseling, social skills training, sex education, house programs, and individualized sexual behavior management programs. Outcome was evaluated using a variety of outcome criteria related to transfer to less restrictive settings, reduction in targeted behaviors, and changes in level of independent functioning and need for supervision. Treatment and follow-up covered periods as long as five years. Outcome was not systematically related to specific treatment components or the total number of components. Those with the more favorable outcome functioned at higher levels intellectually, were older at admission, had fewer collateral behavior problems, and received services related to sexual behavior more rapidly following admission. The results support the utility of multicomponent behavioral treatment for these problems with this population. More systematic studies of treatment outcome are discussed.
{"title":"Long-term treatment of sexual behavior problems in adolescent and adult developmentally disabled persons","authors":"C. Lund","doi":"10.1177/107906329200500101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329200500101","url":null,"abstract":"Sixteen developmentally disabled males with serious sexual behavior problems received combinations of individual counseling, social skills training, sex education, house programs, and individualized sexual behavior management programs. Outcome was evaluated using a variety of outcome criteria related to transfer to less restrictive settings, reduction in targeted behaviors, and changes in level of independent functioning and need for supervision. Treatment and follow-up covered periods as long as five years. Outcome was not systematically related to specific treatment components or the total number of components. Those with the more favorable outcome functioned at higher levels intellectually, were older at admission, had fewer collateral behavior problems, and received services related to sexual behavior more rapidly following admission. The results support the utility of multicomponent behavioral treatment for these problems with this population. More systematic studies of treatment outcome are discussed.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125710933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}