Pub Date : 2022-03-23DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2057867
Sinéad Kelleher, M. Murphy, Xin Su
ABSTRACT Individuals who do not experience sexual attraction and adopt an asexual identity are the focus of increasing amounts of psychological and sociological research. A scoping review was conducted to identify current knowledge of asexuality and components of asexual identity development and internalisation that emerge within literature. Findings from 29 articles were analysed and formed into themes that best describe the key events and sense-making processes underlying identity development, such as coming-out, the reactions of others and how asexuals interpret their identity. These findings indicate that heteronormativity and compulsory sexuality play a role in how individuals internalise their asexuality, which in turn, shapes their identity development. Despite this, considerable gaps in the literature concerning partner relationships, stigmatisation, isolation and the impact that this has on asexuals’ wellbeing continue to exist. Thus, future research should examine the challenges faced by asexuals such as identity development within a heteronormative and allonormative context and the resources available to ameliorate them.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-23DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2057868
A. C. de Barros, T. Morrison
ABSTRACT Positive sexual minority identity is a vital point of investigation for bisexual individuals. However, no measure currently exists that specifically examines positive sexual identity in bisexual people, whose experiences differ from those of gay men and lesbian women. These three studies outline the development, refinement, and validation of a measure of positive bisexual identity. In Study 1, participants completed an initial pool of items and a validation measure. A principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted for item reduction. Studies 2 and 3 investigated the Positive Bisexual Identity (PBI) measure’s scale-score reliability and dimensionality using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The construct validity of the PBI scale also was tested using measures expected to correlate with positive bisexual identity. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and Omega coefficients provided support for scale score reliability, and the proposed nomological network offered support for the PBI’s construct validity. Our findings elucidate potential differences between positive bisexual identity and positive gay/lesbian identity. The PBI has potential as a scale that can be used to measure positive bisexual identity in both research and clinical settings.
{"title":"Development and validation of the Positive Bisexual Identity (PBI) scale","authors":"A. C. de Barros, T. Morrison","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2057868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2057868","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Positive sexual minority identity is a vital point of investigation for bisexual individuals. However, no measure currently exists that specifically examines positive sexual identity in bisexual people, whose experiences differ from those of gay men and lesbian women. These three studies outline the development, refinement, and validation of a measure of positive bisexual identity. In Study 1, participants completed an initial pool of items and a validation measure. A principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted for item reduction. Studies 2 and 3 investigated the Positive Bisexual Identity (PBI) measure’s scale-score reliability and dimensionality using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The construct validity of the PBI scale also was tested using measures expected to correlate with positive bisexual identity. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients and Omega coefficients provided support for scale score reliability, and the proposed nomological network offered support for the PBI’s construct validity. Our findings elucidate potential differences between positive bisexual identity and positive gay/lesbian identity. The PBI has potential as a scale that can be used to measure positive bisexual identity in both research and clinical settings.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"18 1","pages":"73 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90173347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-14DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2053564
Linli Kong, Pei Hwa Goh, Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting
ABSTRACT Despite typically being studied as a unidimensional construct, self-esteem has been proposed to comprise of two distinct but highly correlated domains: self-competence and self-liking. This study aimed to examine how the two domains of self-esteem predict the sexual functioning of young adults in Malaysia, and the potential role of relationship status as a moderator. A total of 314 Malaysian young adults aged 21.08 years on average (SD = 1.84) completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Female Sexual Function Index. Results suggest that self-competence, but not self-liking, was positively associated with sexual arousal, lubrication/erection, and orgasm among those who were single. Aside from the sexual functioning domain of sexual pain, no significant associations between self-esteem and sexual functioning were found among those who were in a relationship. These findings provide support to the bidimensional conceptualisation of self-esteem in the context of sexual well-being.
{"title":"Bidimensional self-esteem and sexual functioning among Malaysian young adults: the moderating role of relationship status","authors":"Linli Kong, Pei Hwa Goh, Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2053564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2053564","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite typically being studied as a unidimensional construct, self-esteem has been proposed to comprise of two distinct but highly correlated domains: self-competence and self-liking. This study aimed to examine how the two domains of self-esteem predict the sexual functioning of young adults in Malaysia, and the potential role of relationship status as a moderator. A total of 314 Malaysian young adults aged 21.08 years on average (SD = 1.84) completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Female Sexual Function Index. Results suggest that self-competence, but not self-liking, was positively associated with sexual arousal, lubrication/erection, and orgasm among those who were single. Aside from the sexual functioning domain of sexual pain, no significant associations between self-esteem and sexual functioning were found among those who were in a relationship. These findings provide support to the bidimensional conceptualisation of self-esteem in the context of sexual well-being.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"61 1","pages":"31 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83781939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-14DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2049630
R. Miller, Daniel O’Neill, Yeow Khoon Pua, Carmen M. Atkinson, F. Martin
ABSTRACT Research on the mental health of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) often emphasises individual vulnerability to mental health issues. However, attitudes towards LGBT individuals may also contribute to their experiences of minority stress. In the present study, the relationship between mental health literacy (MHL) and attitudes towards LGBT individuals in Australia and India was investigated. Seven-hundred and eleven participants (355 male) from Australia (n = 303) and India (n = 408) completed an online survey which included questionnaires indexing the participants’ MHL and their attitudes towards LGBT individuals. MHL was associated with attitude scores, such that participants with higher levels of MHL tended to report more positive attitudes towards LGBT individuals. These relationships were stronger for Australian participants compared to Indian participants. These findings suggest that minority stress may be intensified for LGBT individuals when the MHL of the people they interact with is low. Alternatively, MHL may signal how willing an individual is to offer mental health support to a LGBT person. The present results also highlight the influence of cultural context on MHL and the need to consider this when examining attitudes towards LGBT individuals.
{"title":"Mental health literacy in India and Australia and its relationship to attitudes towards LGBT people","authors":"R. Miller, Daniel O’Neill, Yeow Khoon Pua, Carmen M. Atkinson, F. Martin","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2049630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2049630","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Research on the mental health of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) often emphasises individual vulnerability to mental health issues. However, attitudes towards LGBT individuals may also contribute to their experiences of minority stress. In the present study, the relationship between mental health literacy (MHL) and attitudes towards LGBT individuals in Australia and India was investigated. Seven-hundred and eleven participants (355 male) from Australia (n = 303) and India (n = 408) completed an online survey which included questionnaires indexing the participants’ MHL and their attitudes towards LGBT individuals. MHL was associated with attitude scores, such that participants with higher levels of MHL tended to report more positive attitudes towards LGBT individuals. These relationships were stronger for Australian participants compared to Indian participants. These findings suggest that minority stress may be intensified for LGBT individuals when the MHL of the people they interact with is low. Alternatively, MHL may signal how willing an individual is to offer mental health support to a LGBT person. The present results also highlight the influence of cultural context on MHL and the need to consider this when examining attitudes towards LGBT individuals.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"22 1","pages":"1 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84751340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-14DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2052943
Gwendolynn Brown, Andreea Cheva, M. Fraser, R. Zeglin
ABSTRACT Despite recent progress in society’s understanding of sexuality as a nuanced, highly individualised concept, asexuality is a continually under-researched and misunderstood sexual identity and community. Via content analysis, the authors examined 41 publications in nine leading journals in the sex therapy field to assess how asexuality has been represented in literature over the past decade. The purpose of the review was to determine if this literature acknowledges the spectrum of asexual identities, whether asexuality and aromanticism are conflated terms, and whether asexuality is pathologized. The review determined that 41.5% of publications did not note the heterogeneity of identities under the asexuality umbrella, 12.2% conflated the terms asexuality and aromanticism, and 0% pathologized asexuality. Implications are discussed.
{"title":"Asexuality: a content analysis of sex therapy journals","authors":"Gwendolynn Brown, Andreea Cheva, M. Fraser, R. Zeglin","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2052943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2052943","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite recent progress in society’s understanding of sexuality as a nuanced, highly individualised concept, asexuality is a continually under-researched and misunderstood sexual identity and community. Via content analysis, the authors examined 41 publications in nine leading journals in the sex therapy field to assess how asexuality has been represented in literature over the past decade. The purpose of the review was to determine if this literature acknowledges the spectrum of asexual identities, whether asexuality and aromanticism are conflated terms, and whether asexuality is pathologized. The review determined that 41.5% of publications did not note the heterogeneity of identities under the asexuality umbrella, 12.2% conflated the terms asexuality and aromanticism, and 0% pathologized asexuality. Implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"47 1","pages":"17 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79093197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-10DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2049631
E. Saewyc, Chichun Lin, Julia S Parrilla, Ronita Nath, Michele L. Ybarra
ABSTRACT Cisgender sexual minority girls report an earlier average age at first sex than cisgender heterosexual girls, but little is known about these first experiences with sex. As part of a larger study to develop a sexual health intervention for cisgender sexual minority girls, this analysis explored the context of first sexual experiences of 48 cisgender, sexually experienced, sexual minority girls ages 14 to 18 years in four online focus groups. We used qualitative description to explore with whom girls had their first sex, where it took place, and the context surrounding the experience. Our findings documented both thoughtful intended first sex in committed and intimate friend relationships, and casual, unintended experiences influenced by alcohol, in parental homes and outdoor settings, and provide brief glimpses into the first experiences for sexual minority cisgender girls. They can provide a starting point for sexual health education content that is more inclusive of sexual orientation, and support sexual minority girls’ knowledge of how to have safe, enjoyable, and positive sexual experiences.
{"title":"First time sexual experiences of sexual minority adolescent girls in the United States","authors":"E. Saewyc, Chichun Lin, Julia S Parrilla, Ronita Nath, Michele L. Ybarra","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2049631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2049631","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cisgender sexual minority girls report an earlier average age at first sex than cisgender heterosexual girls, but little is known about these first experiences with sex. As part of a larger study to develop a sexual health intervention for cisgender sexual minority girls, this analysis explored the context of first sexual experiences of 48 cisgender, sexually experienced, sexual minority girls ages 14 to 18 years in four online focus groups. We used qualitative description to explore with whom girls had their first sex, where it took place, and the context surrounding the experience. Our findings documented both thoughtful intended first sex in committed and intimate friend relationships, and casual, unintended experiences influenced by alcohol, in parental homes and outdoor settings, and provide brief glimpses into the first experiences for sexual minority cisgender girls. They can provide a starting point for sexual health education content that is more inclusive of sexual orientation, and support sexual minority girls’ knowledge of how to have safe, enjoyable, and positive sexual experiences.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"63 1","pages":"1396 - 1405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73699162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-03DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2049632
Ashley Austin, Ryan Papciak, Lindsay Lovins
ABSTRACT Gender euphoria is a term increasingly used in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) communities. Experiences of gender euphoria are often overlooked during clinical assessment and most academic research tends to focus solely on discussions of gender dysphoria. The primary aim of this study is to use grounded theory combined with photo-elicitation methodologies to gather a more nuanced understanding of experiences of gender euphoria in the lives of TGD individuals. Data for this study was collected via online photo-elicitation interviews with TGD adults (n = 30). Descriptive and visual data clarify gender euphoria as a concept as well as reveal the ways in which it is experienced among TGD adults. The primary themes emerging from the study yield the following four key processes, which explain experiences of gender euphoria: 1. Being exposed to a gender affirming antecedent, 2. Having an affirming thought, 3. Feeling a positive emotion, and 4. Experiencing enhanced quality of life. Participants’ discussions elicited through self-selected images contribute to a more meaningful understanding of gender affirmation in the lives of TGD people. Findings highlight the relationship between gender affirmation, gender euphoria, and the potentiation for long-term positive change.
{"title":"Gender euphoria: a grounded theory exploration of experiencing gender affirmation","authors":"Ashley Austin, Ryan Papciak, Lindsay Lovins","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2049632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2049632","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Gender euphoria is a term increasingly used in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) communities. Experiences of gender euphoria are often overlooked during clinical assessment and most academic research tends to focus solely on discussions of gender dysphoria. The primary aim of this study is to use grounded theory combined with photo-elicitation methodologies to gather a more nuanced understanding of experiences of gender euphoria in the lives of TGD individuals. Data for this study was collected via online photo-elicitation interviews with TGD adults (n = 30). Descriptive and visual data clarify gender euphoria as a concept as well as reveal the ways in which it is experienced among TGD adults. The primary themes emerging from the study yield the following four key processes, which explain experiences of gender euphoria: 1. Being exposed to a gender affirming antecedent, 2. Having an affirming thought, 3. Feeling a positive emotion, and 4. Experiencing enhanced quality of life. Participants’ discussions elicited through self-selected images contribute to a more meaningful understanding of gender affirmation in the lives of TGD people. Findings highlight the relationship between gender affirmation, gender euphoria, and the potentiation for long-term positive change.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"1 1","pages":"1406 - 1426"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78655151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-19DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2043421
Shelley L. Craig, A. Eaton, Ashley S. Brooks, Lauren B. McInroy, I. Lozano-Verduzco, Ashley Austin, Michael P. Dentato, Juan Carlos Mendoza Pérez, D. McDermott
{"title":"Building bridges and breaking down silos: A framework for developing interdisciplinary, international academic-community research collaborations for the benefit of sexual and gender minority youth","authors":"Shelley L. Craig, A. Eaton, Ashley S. Brooks, Lauren B. McInroy, I. Lozano-Verduzco, Ashley Austin, Michael P. Dentato, Juan Carlos Mendoza Pérez, D. McDermott","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2043421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2043421","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82841296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-09DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2039271
Helena Delgado Amaro, Maria-João Alvarez, J. Ferreira
ABSTRACT Research on sexual satisfaction in Portugal is still limited; what exists, however, highlights barriers preventing optimal realisation of this dimension of sexuality and sexual health. Physical and relational barriers have been consistently evidenced, whereas social and cultural barriers have been less studied. Using focus groups, we aimed to explore perceptions of Portuguese college students (N = 47) about sexual satisfaction – more specifically, about gender differences and about how sexual gender roles and stereotypes and the Sexual Double Standard may influence sexual satisfaction. We found that sexual satisfaction is perceived to be sub-optimal, especially for women in casual sexual relationships, and that the differences are attributed by both male and female to the constraints imposed by sexual gender roles, sexual gender stereotypes, and the sexual double standard. Deconstructing these socio-sexual beliefs is needed in order to achieve a higher, egalitarian level of sexual satisfaction and to promote sexual health.
{"title":"Sexual gender roles and stereotypes and the sexual double standard in sexual satisfaction among Portuguese college students: an exploratory study","authors":"Helena Delgado Amaro, Maria-João Alvarez, J. Ferreira","doi":"10.1080/19419899.2022.2039271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2039271","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Research on sexual satisfaction in Portugal is still limited; what exists, however, highlights barriers preventing optimal realisation of this dimension of sexuality and sexual health. Physical and relational barriers have been consistently evidenced, whereas social and cultural barriers have been less studied. Using focus groups, we aimed to explore perceptions of Portuguese college students (N = 47) about sexual satisfaction – more specifically, about gender differences and about how sexual gender roles and stereotypes and the Sexual Double Standard may influence sexual satisfaction. We found that sexual satisfaction is perceived to be sub-optimal, especially for women in casual sexual relationships, and that the differences are attributed by both male and female to the constraints imposed by sexual gender roles, sexual gender stereotypes, and the sexual double standard. Deconstructing these socio-sexual beliefs is needed in order to achieve a higher, egalitarian level of sexual satisfaction and to promote sexual health.","PeriodicalId":51686,"journal":{"name":"Psychology & Sexuality","volume":"36 1","pages":"1350 - 1365"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73506729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-05DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2039272
E. Montanaro, J. Bowling, D. Gioia, Sarai Guerrero-Ordonez
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 global pandemic has significantly impacted relationship and sexual intimacy dynamics. This study explores how social distancing and lockdown measures have influenced emotional and physical connectedness within relationships and sexuality. We conducted a national, cross-sectional survey of adults in the United States (N = 260) with online recruitment through Qualtrics from April-June 2020. Open-ended items were the primary focus of this study and were analysed using inductive thematic analyses using Dedoose online software with a team of three coders. Several relationship dynamic themes emerged from the data, including (1) no change; (2) general relationship changes; (3) emotional changes; (4) decreases in sexuality or sex drive; (5) increases in sexuality or sex drive. Negative effects on relationships stemmed primarily from time demands, stress, and social distancing; these may be positively affected by reductions in the COVID-19 pandemic rates. We also found positive results with increased amounts of time with partners and self-exploration, and uses of technology to bridge distance. Clinicians in both primary care and therapeutic settings may incorporate intimacy into their practice to support the integral nature of intimate relationships for many individuals.
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