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Showing 1 to 20 of 5600 for “"Sexual"”.
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Sexual behaviour and sexual selection in newts
… reports an investigation of the influence of sexual selection on the sexual behaviour of the European smooth newt, Triturus vulgaris, and of the North American red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus Viridescens. Both belong to the family Salamandridae of the amphibian order Urodela. Chapter 1 …
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Examining the relationships between childhood sexual abuse, sexual identity development, and sexual satisfaction
… cohesive identity, including forming a cohesive sexual identity, is essential in one's life (Erikson & Erikson; 1998, Weeks, 1985). This study examined how a history of childhood sexual abuse impacts the process of forming a cohesive sexual identity in homosexual and heterosexual participants, …
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Perceptions of Sexual Violence: An Investigation of Sexual Harassment, Sexual Coercion, and Sexting
<p>Perpetration of sexual violence is a serious concern in the US, with research indicating that a substantial portion of the population has experienced some type of sexual victimization. There is sparse research that examines perceptions and judgments of sexually inappropriate behaviors, and …
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Exposure to sexual media and college students' sexual risk-taking and sexual regret
Sexual risk-taking represents a significant health problem among college students. Although media may play an important role in college students’ sexual risk-taking, research in this area has been sparse. Using social cognitive theory as the theoretical framework, this dissertation aimed to achieve …
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Adolescent sexual abusers: the prediction of sexual recidivism
… theory and practice of the assessment of risk of sexual recidivism within the literature, and an empirically developed offence and victim information based typology of adolescent sexual abusers were the areas of interest within this thesis, with the intention to examine the utility of offender …
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The impact of sexual assault on sexual risk-taking
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Disgust Sensitivity, Sexual Trauma History, and Female Sexual Functioning
<p>Sexual dysfunctions are a common problem for women that negatively impact quality of life (Laumann, Paik, & Rosen 1999). A history of sexual trauma is associated with an increase in sexual difficulties (Neumann et al., 1996). One common reaction to unwanted sexual contact is disgust (Whealin & …
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Sexual script flexibility, sexual satisfaction, and sexual communication: comparison between bisexual and heterosexual identifying cisgender women
Although a sizable body of research has utilized sexual script theory to examine factors related to sexual health, it has rarely been applied to cisgender bisexual women. Further, much of the existing research on sexual health is rooted in heteronormative and mononormative schemas that fail to …
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Trading in sexual currency: Transactional sex, sexual coercion and sexual behaviours among young people in Uganda
The growing incidence and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among young people, particularly HIV, is a public health concern in Uganda. There is increasing evidence that Ugandan youth engage in risky sexual behaviors, transactional sex, and experience sexual coercion. Most research on …
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Sources of Sexual and Romantic Education: Associations with Sexual Minority Men’s Sexual Experiences and Romantic Relationship Quality
<p>Individuals with sexual minority identities experience a variety of poorer mental and physical health outcomes, including those related to sexual and romantic quality, relative to heterosexual individuals (Beaulieu et al., 2017; CDC, 2021). These poorer romantic, sexual, and psychological …
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The Implications of Sexual Assault Awareness on Sexual Overperception Bias
… investigating men’s overperceptions of women’s sexual receptivity, namely that such overperceptions are less robust than previously considered. Various social movements (e.g., #MeToo) could be a modern-day contextual factor that has reduced men’s tendency toward overperception. In this study, …
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Clergy Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse perpetrated by trusted members of the clergy presents unique challenges to clinicians and yet the current literature on the effects of clergy sexual abuse is sparse. The vast majority of current research on clergy sexual abuse is based on the perspective of the perpetrators and not the …
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An investigation of sexual narcissism as a predictor of sexual assault
… examining the relationship of narcissism with sexual aggression have yielded inconsistent results. This is likely due to the global measures of narcissism used. These measures are not sensitive to whether the components of narcissism are activated in sexual versus non-sexual domains. This study …
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College students' alcohol use, sexual aggression, and beliefs about sexual consent
… practices, reduced understanding and practice of sexual consent, and sexual aggression (e.g., coercion, unwanted physical contact, or rape). The aim of this study was to expand the current literature by assessing the degree to which college students’ self report of no, low/moderate, and heavy …
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Consent and sexual assault in heterosexual versus same-sex sexual encounters
Consent is a vital component of all sexual encounters, and its absence can lead to harmful sexual behaviours. Although the concepts of consent and sexual assault should be applied appropriately to all individuals, this may not be the case. This thesis examined whether public perceptions of consent …
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Sexual and Non-Sexual Juvenile Offenders: Developmental Antecedents and Behavioral Outcomes
… study which explores the causes and patterns of sexual aggression by adolescent males incarcerated in residential treatment. The sample of interest included 504 male adolescents who were adjudicated delinquent and sanctioned to residential treatment for the commission of sexual and non-sexual …
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