Pub Date : 1990-01-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329000300104
S. Kreitler, H. Kreitler
The study's purpose was to explore the cognitive content correlates of sexual dysfunctions in young women. The study was done in the framework of the cognitive orientation theory (Kreitler & Kreitler) which describes how cognition guides behavior. Regularity of engaging in sexual intercourse and other measures of sexual dysfunction including frequency and intensity of sexual desire, orgasm, coital pain, coital spasms, vaginal dryness, and anxiety about intercourse were examined. The participants were 241 women. Their mean age was 22.1 years. They were administered anonymously in small groups questionnaires about background information, sexual adjustment, and cognitive orientation, which assessed their support for beliefs of four types (goals, norms, about self, and general) referring to themes related by meaning to sexual dysfunctions. Discriminant and multiple regression analyses showed that the belief types provided significant predictions of the occurrence of the symptoms, their frequency and their intensity. The implications of the results in regard to the nature of sexual dysfunctions and the integration of different theoretical approaches are discussed.
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Pub Date : 1990-01-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329000300102
L. Simkins, W. Ward, S. Bowman, C. Rinck, E. Souza
A total of 122 child molesters were studied to investigate the extent to which Alford's sex offender taxonomy and Finkelhor's Multifactor Theory would predict treatment response. The taxonomy was constructed incorporating two dimensions: perpetrator type and primary motivation to commit abuse. The results indicated that regressed offenders whose primary motivation to commit child abuse was to meet non-sexual needs made more favorable progress and had a higher ratio of therapy successes than comparison groups. A factor analysis of variables constructed from Finkelhor's theory produced seven factors. Three of these factors predicted treatment progress and one predicted termination outcome. Statistical analyses indicated that perpetrators 1) whose family of origin modelled child abuse, and 2) who were rejected by adult peers but, 3) who did not have any behavioral deficits such as an impulse control problem, responded more favorably in therapy than perpetrators who did not share these characteristics. Perpetrators with impulse control problems and/or severe emotional immaturity tended to be therapy failures. Although the Alford sex offender taxonomy and Finkelhor factors were significant predictors of treatment effects, they accounted for considerably less variance than number of treatment sessions attended and therapists' ratings of attitudes and behavior during treatment.
{"title":"Predicting treatment outcome for child sexual abusers","authors":"L. Simkins, W. Ward, S. Bowman, C. Rinck, E. Souza","doi":"10.1177/107906329000300102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329000300102","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 122 child molesters were studied to investigate the extent to which Alford's sex offender taxonomy and Finkelhor's Multifactor Theory would predict treatment response. The taxonomy was constructed incorporating two dimensions: perpetrator type and primary motivation to commit abuse. The results indicated that regressed offenders whose primary motivation to commit child abuse was to meet non-sexual needs made more favorable progress and had a higher ratio of therapy successes than comparison groups. A factor analysis of variables constructed from Finkelhor's theory produced seven factors. Three of these factors predicted treatment progress and one predicted termination outcome. Statistical analyses indicated that perpetrators 1) whose family of origin modelled child abuse, and 2) who were rejected by adult peers but, 3) who did not have any behavioral deficits such as an impulse control problem, responded more favorably in therapy than perpetrators who did not share these characteristics. Perpetrators with impulse control problems and/or severe emotional immaturity tended to be therapy failures. Although the Alford sex offender taxonomy and Finkelhor factors were significant predictors of treatment effects, they accounted for considerably less variance than number of treatment sessions attended and therapists' ratings of attitudes and behavior during treatment.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133588711","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 : 1990-01-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329000300103
R. Lang, P. Flor-Henry, R. Frenzel
Eighty-eight pedophiles, 45 incest offenders, and 44 community controls with no history of sexual or violent crime were compared on eight hormones: androstenedione, cortisol, estradiol, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, and testosterone, and on sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). Results showed that sex offenders had elevated levels of four hormones: androstenedione, cortisol, estradiol and prolactin, when they were compared to normal controls, suggesting some stress-related factors. Covarying out the effects of age, education, and drug or alcohol abuse reduced only the between-group difference for estradiol. Contrary to previous findings, few sex offenders (only 2.3% to 11.8%) had either high, or low, serum testosterone levels. Incestuous and pedophilic men also did not differ from community volunteers on FSH and LH as might be expected from earlier reports. The relative value of static baseline hormonal levels in the peripheral blood and the more dynamic "challenge" tests of the endocrine system are discussed.
{"title":"Sex hormone profiles in pedophilic and incestuous men","authors":"R. Lang, P. Flor-Henry, R. Frenzel","doi":"10.1177/107906329000300103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329000300103","url":null,"abstract":"Eighty-eight pedophiles, 45 incest offenders, and 44 community controls with no history of sexual or violent crime were compared on eight hormones: androstenedione, cortisol, estradiol, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, and testosterone, and on sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). Results showed that sex offenders had elevated levels of four hormones: androstenedione, cortisol, estradiol and prolactin, when they were compared to normal controls, suggesting some stress-related factors. Covarying out the effects of age, education, and drug or alcohol abuse reduced only the between-group difference for estradiol. Contrary to previous findings, few sex offenders (only 2.3% to 11.8%) had either high, or low, serum testosterone levels. Incestuous and pedophilic men also did not differ from community volunteers on FSH and LH as might be expected from earlier reports. The relative value of static baseline hormonal levels in the peripheral blood and the more dynamic \"challenge\" tests of the endocrine system are discussed.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127501986","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 : 1990-01-01DOI: 10.1177/107906329000300101
Uri Wernik
Triolism is an uncommon sexual variety. Through its examination, the nature of explanation itself in Sexology is clarified and much is learned about sexuality in general. The prevalent explanations based on voyeurism, exhibitionism, latent homosexuality, and the Oedipal complex, are rejected as pseudo-scientific "one factor" theories, nonhumanistic, and anti-therapeutic. Content analysis was performed on letters written by triolists. This analysis supplied information on the couples involved, the nature and development of their sexual practices, and the effects on the couples' relationship. Based on this analysis, an alternative explanatory model is presented. It consists of an interplay of three groups of factors: Sexuality in the framework of marriage, the role of visuality in human sexuality, and coping with inhibitions in sexual functioning. Thus, triolism can be conceived as a result of a problem solving process in which a person finds a creative combined solution to these and other concerns.
{"title":"The nature of explanation in sexology and the riddle of triolism","authors":"Uri Wernik","doi":"10.1177/107906329000300101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906329000300101","url":null,"abstract":"Triolism is an uncommon sexual variety. Through its examination, the nature of explanation itself in Sexology is clarified and much is learned about sexuality in general. The prevalent explanations based on voyeurism, exhibitionism, latent homosexuality, and the Oedipal complex, are rejected as pseudo-scientific \"one factor\" theories, nonhumanistic, and anti-therapeutic. Content analysis was performed on letters written by triolists. This analysis supplied information on the couples involved, the nature and development of their sexual practices, and the effects on the couples' relationship. Based on this analysis, an alternative explanatory model is presented. It consists of an interplay of three groups of factors: Sexuality in the framework of marriage, the role of visuality in human sexuality, and coping with inhibitions in sexual functioning. Thus, triolism can be conceived as a result of a problem solving process in which a person finds a creative combined solution to these and other concerns.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131332392","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 : 1989-10-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328900200405
H. Alzate, B. Useche, M. Villegas
The purposes of this study were a) to further replicate previous findings on vaginal eroticism, using heart rate change as corroborative evidence for the subjective perception of sexual arousal and orgasm; and b) to investigate the correlation between heart rate change and subjective intensity of female orgasm. Heart rate measurements were obtained from ECG tracings. Eleven coitally experienced volunteers were examined by digital stimulation of their vaginal walls; 90.9% of the women had vaginal erotic sensitivity and 72.7% of them reported reaching orgasm which was corroborated by statistically significant increases in heart rate relative to baseline levels. A digital stimulation of the clitoris was also conducted on the research participants, and 72.7% of them reached orgasm. The participants experienced a total of 26 orgasmic episodes, 17 vaginally and 9 clitorally elicited. A moderate correlation between increases in heart rate and subjectively graded orgasm intensities was found. These findings support previous studies indicating that most, if not all, women possess vaginal zones whose strong tactile stimulation elicits orgasms. They also lend some support to the existence of a correlation between the subjective grading of orgasm intensity and the objective measurement of heart rate change.
{"title":"Heart rate change as evidence for vaginally elicited orgasm and orgasm intensity","authors":"H. Alzate, B. Useche, M. Villegas","doi":"10.1177/107906328900200405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328900200405","url":null,"abstract":"The purposes of this study were a) to further replicate previous findings on vaginal eroticism, using heart rate change as corroborative evidence for the subjective perception of sexual arousal and orgasm; and b) to investigate the correlation between heart rate change and subjective intensity of female orgasm. Heart rate measurements were obtained from ECG tracings. Eleven coitally experienced volunteers were examined by digital stimulation of their vaginal walls; 90.9% of the women had vaginal erotic sensitivity and 72.7% of them reported reaching orgasm which was corroborated by statistically significant increases in heart rate relative to baseline levels. A digital stimulation of the clitoris was also conducted on the research participants, and 72.7% of them reached orgasm. The participants experienced a total of 26 orgasmic episodes, 17 vaginally and 9 clitorally elicited. A moderate correlation between increases in heart rate and subjectively graded orgasm intensities was found. These findings support previous studies indicating that most, if not all, women possess vaginal zones whose strong tactile stimulation elicits orgasms. They also lend some support to the existence of a correlation between the subjective grading of orgasm intensity and the objective measurement of heart rate change.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"13 35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128972587","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 : 1989-10-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328900200404
S. Perconte, M. L. Griger, G. Bellucci
Psychological test data, including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Symptom Check List (SCL-90R) and the Derogatis Stress Profile (DSP), was analyzed for male veterans who had been previously diagnosed as suffering from either psychogenic or biogenic erectile dysfunction. Consistent with previous studies, there were no significant differences found between the two groups on the MMPI profile scores and the selected research scales. However, there were also no differences found on either the SCL-90R or the DSP, further questioning the use of objective psychometric instruments in discriminating the etiology of sexual dysfunction.
{"title":"Psychometric evaluation of biogenic versus psychogenic erectile dysfunction","authors":"S. Perconte, M. L. Griger, G. Bellucci","doi":"10.1177/107906328900200404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328900200404","url":null,"abstract":"Psychological test data, including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Symptom Check List (SCL-90R) and the Derogatis Stress Profile (DSP), was analyzed for male veterans who had been previously diagnosed as suffering from either psychogenic or biogenic erectile dysfunction. Consistent with previous studies, there were no significant differences found between the two groups on the MMPI profile scores and the selected research scales. However, there were also no differences found on either the SCL-90R or the DSP, further questioning the use of objective psychometric instruments in discriminating the etiology of sexual dysfunction.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128931308","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 : 1989-10-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328900200403
W. Snell, S. S. Belk, D. R. Papini, S. Clark
The recent literature on human sexuality emphasizes the importance of sexual communication. The present research reports the results of three studies documenting the development and validation of an instrument concerned with sexual communication, the Sexual Self-Disclosure Scale (SSDS). The results in Study I indicated that the twelve SSDS subscales were highly reliable and that women were more willing to discuss the topics on the SSDS with female than male therapists. A second study revealed that men's and women's responses to the SSDS were related in meaningful, predictable ways to their sexual-esteem, sexual-depression and sexual-preoccupation, as measured by the Sexuality Scale. In Study III, the SSDS was revised to include a wider variety of sexual topics dealing with sexual behaviors, values-preferences, attitudes, and feelings. The results from Study III indicated that men's and women's responses to the SSDS-R varied as a function of their own gender and the content of the sexual topics. The discussion focuses on the increased need for communication about sexual issues, the implications of the present findings for intimate relationships, and the possible uses of the Sexual Self-Disclosure Scale in the study of human sexuality.
{"title":"Development and validation of the Sexual Self-Disclosure Scale","authors":"W. Snell, S. S. Belk, D. R. Papini, S. Clark","doi":"10.1177/107906328900200403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328900200403","url":null,"abstract":"The recent literature on human sexuality emphasizes the importance of sexual communication. The present research reports the results of three studies documenting the development and validation of an instrument concerned with sexual communication, the Sexual Self-Disclosure Scale (SSDS). The results in Study I indicated that the twelve SSDS subscales were highly reliable and that women were more willing to discuss the topics on the SSDS with female than male therapists. A second study revealed that men's and women's responses to the SSDS were related in meaningful, predictable ways to their sexual-esteem, sexual-depression and sexual-preoccupation, as measured by the Sexuality Scale. In Study III, the SSDS was revised to include a wider variety of sexual topics dealing with sexual behaviors, values-preferences, attitudes, and feelings. The results from Study III indicated that men's and women's responses to the SSDS-R varied as a function of their own gender and the content of the sexual topics. The discussion focuses on the increased need for communication about sexual issues, the implications of the present findings for intimate relationships, and the possible uses of the Sexual Self-Disclosure Scale in the study of human sexuality.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"209 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122603313","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 : 1989-10-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328900200402
G. Morrow
This article provides a review of the existent research on bisexuality and consolidates what data exists on bisexuals and bisexuality. This review includes those studies that could be located in which bisexuality was treated as a sexual orientation distinct from homosexuality. Several issues relevant to defining bisexuality are examined, as are factors involved in the adoption of a bisexual identity and problems associated with the maintenance of a bisexual lifestyle. In addition, a number of studies are reviewed that address differences between bisexuals and either heterosexuals or homosexuals. Only one study was located that examined individual differences within a bisexual sample. Finally, the traditional emphasis on the role of gender in partner selection is briefly examined and suggestions for future research into bisexuality are presented.
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Pub Date : 1989-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328900200303
R. Langevin, P. Wright, L. Handy
From a data bank of 479 sex offenders, a comparison was undertaken of those reporting any childhood sexual abuse versus those reporting none. A total of 201 men (42.0%) reported abuse, 261 (54.5%) did not and for 17 (3.5%), information was unavailable. The Abused and Nonabused Groups were compared on demographic information, the MMPI, Clarke Sex History Questionnaire and the Clarke Parent Child Relations Questionnaire. The Abused and Nonabused groups were similar in age, marital status, income, and criminal history, but the Abused Group had significantly less education. The Abused Group showed ‘sexualization’ of their childhood, not only in the number of contacts with adults but also with age peers and siblings of both sexes. They tended to have wider ranging and more frequent sexual experiences as adults both with men and women. They more often raped. The Abused Group tended to show more emotional instability than the Nonabused Group in more frequent suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, as well as in elevated Mania Scale Scores on the MMPI. The family background of the Abused Group was more disturbed than the Nonabused Group's; especially father-son relations. They reported more alcohol use and abuse in their parents and more parent-child aggression than nonabused offenders did. Although it is unlikely that child sexual abuse causes sexual anomalies, the results of the present study suggest that childhood sexual victimization in the lives of adult sex offenders merits further investigation and has implications for treatment.
{"title":"Characteristics of sex offenders who were sexually victimized as children","authors":"R. Langevin, P. Wright, L. Handy","doi":"10.1177/107906328900200303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/107906328900200303","url":null,"abstract":"From a data bank of 479 sex offenders, a comparison was undertaken of those reporting any childhood sexual abuse versus those reporting none. A total of 201 men (42.0%) reported abuse, 261 (54.5%) did not and for 17 (3.5%), information was unavailable. The Abused and Nonabused Groups were compared on demographic information, the MMPI, Clarke Sex History Questionnaire and the Clarke Parent Child Relations Questionnaire. The Abused and Nonabused groups were similar in age, marital status, income, and criminal history, but the Abused Group had significantly less education. The Abused Group showed ‘sexualization’ of their childhood, not only in the number of contacts with adults but also with age peers and siblings of both sexes. They tended to have wider ranging and more frequent sexual experiences as adults both with men and women. They more often raped. The Abused Group tended to show more emotional instability than the Nonabused Group in more frequent suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, as well as in elevated Mania Scale Scores on the MMPI. The family background of the Abused Group was more disturbed than the Nonabused Group's; especially father-son relations. They reported more alcohol use and abuse in their parents and more parent-child aggression than nonabused offenders did. Although it is unlikely that child sexual abuse causes sexual anomalies, the results of the present study suggest that childhood sexual victimization in the lives of adult sex offenders merits further investigation and has implications for treatment.","PeriodicalId":340989,"journal":{"name":"Annals of sex research","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123060227","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 : 1989-07-01DOI: 10.1177/107906328900200302
L. Simkins, W. Ward, S. Bowman, C. Rinck
The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of the Multiphasic Sex Inventory (MSI) in predicting treatment progress and therapy outcome of child sexual abuse perpetrators and to examine the diagnostic potential of this instrument for differentiating perpetrator characteristics. The MSI was administered to 122 clients prior to their entry into therapy and again at three month intervals for nine months. No significant changes in MSI scales were found during the nine month period. Retest correlations on the initial test and the first three month retest period ranged from .42 to .84 with an average of .71. Using the initial MSI scores as predictors, the MSI was able to predict between 30% and 47% of treatment variance, depending on what measure was used as a criterion. It was able to differentiate between treatment outcome (success vs. failure) with 70.9% accuracy. The Sexual Assault, Aggravated Assault, Cognitive Distortion/Immaturity, Lie, and Sex Knowledge Scales were the most salient variables in predicting treatment progress and outcome. A factor analysis of the MSI Scales yielded four factors: Assault, Sexual Fantasy, Denial/Dysfunction, and Normal. The Assault Factor accounted for the largest proportion of variance. Results also indicated that the MSI could 1) differentiate among abusers who molest males, females, and both sexes and 2) among abusers who molest only intrafamilial victims, only extrafamilial victims, and those who molest both kinds of victims. The MSI is also an excellent instrument for differentiating between deniers and non-deniers of abuse. The implications of the MSI as an instrument measuring denial is discussed and an MSI profile of a successful therapy candidate is sketched.
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