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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"sexual interest"”.
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Cognitive assessment of deviant sexual interest using the emotional stroop and fMRI
… differences in information-processing of sexual material using the emotional Stroop task to determine whether it is a reliable tool to be used in the assessment of deviant sexual interest for sexual abusers. Chapter one reviews the Stroop task and provides guidance to researchers for …
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The Role of Affect and Trait Sexual Desire in Sexual Response among Women with and without Symptoms of Sexual Interest and Arousal Disorder
According to the Incentive Motivation Model, sexual cue processing is influenced by both responses to the content of sexual cues, and by individual psychological factors, both of which may result in differences in sexual response. Affect to sexual cues has been shown to affect sexual response in …
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A Multidimensional Investigation of Sexuality in Older Adults Within a Successful Aging Model
Sexual well-being in later life has traditionally been evaluated in relation to age-related physical limitations and sexual dysfunction. This study developed a multidimensional model of sexual well-being by investigating sexual interest, sexual attitudes (general and age-specific), and age-specific …
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Non-Pedophilic Heterosexual Male Response to Affinity 2.0
… untested instrument that purports to measure sexual attraction, it was unknown whether or not the instrument is temporally stable and would provide a characteristic response curve for normal heterosexual male sexual interest. This study examined the Affinity 2.0, a newly standardized viewing …
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Paedophile activity on the internet
… older children were less likely to appear in sexually explicit material. There were a greater number of Caucasian than non-Caucasian children in this sample, and non-Caucasians were less likely to appear in Erotic imagery and were more likely than Caucasians to be depicted Naked. The analysis …
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Males' Ipsative Score Distortion on Affinity 2.0
… 2.0, a viewing time measure designed to assess sexual interest, are converted to ipsative scores. Eighty-eight percent of a sample of ninety-nine non-pedophilic, exclusively heterosexual males' profiles sustained some degree of distortion. The study also applied Brown's (2005) approach to …
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The Danger Of ‘no’: Rejection Violence, Toxic Masculinity And Violence Against Women
… who reject their expressions of romantic or sexual interest. It begins with an analysis of the definition and construction of toxic masculinity and, through the analysis of different cases as reported in the media, expands into a discussion on how toxic masculinity contributes directly to …
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Stability of a Normal Heterosexual Female Response to Affinity 2.0
… the temporal stability of a normal heterosexual female response to the Affinity 2.0, a newly standardized viewing time (VT) instrument that purports to measure sexual interest. Participants were 120 female undergraduate and graduate students from a private university (mean age = 21.67 …
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Examination Of The Acquired Preparedness Model And Alcohol Use In Emerging Adults
… and quantity. Increased confidence, increased sexual interest, and tension reduction were found to partially mediate the relations between lack of premeditation, sensation seeking, and positive urgency. These data suggest that specific expectancies were found to meditate the relations between …
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Virtual child pornography – policing fantasy? A critical evaluation of the justifications for the criminalisation of virtual child pornography (VCP)
… and proliferation of images and videos of child sexual abuse, often referred to as child pornography. Until 2010 computer generated fantasy images which depict imaginary children (hereafter known as virtual child pornography or VCP) were not illegal to possess. However, after a period of …
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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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Japanese College Students' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material (SEIM) and Sexual Attitudes
… Japanese college students' (N=476) use of sexually explicit material in mass media (i.e., print, electronic, and the Internet) and its association with their sexually permissive attitudes and perceptions of women. Results indicated that Japanese college students were most exposed to …
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Ipsative Score Distortion on Affinity 2.0
… 2.0, a relatively new instrument for assessing sexual interest. Using a sample of 146 non-offending, heterosexual females, this study examined the characteristics of distorted ipsative score profiles and attempted to develop an algorithm to identify such distortions. A method was developed for …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Gender Identity and Humor Preference
… these humor preferences have both evolved via sexual selection, such that humor production is a marker for genetic quality in men, and receptivity towards humor is a sign of sexual interest in women. However, less is known about how factors such as androgyny affect humor preferences. This study …
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Understanding minor attracted persons
… of understudied individuals who acknowledge a sexual interest in children but who may never have offended against a child. They are often regarded the same as individuals who have sexually offended against children, regardless of their history of personal stance on adult/child sexual …
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Seksualinės prievartos prieš vaikus paplitimas ir prevencija mokyklose /
Sexual crimes against children can take place in any environment and the child can be victimized by anyone, regardless of the child's age and gender. Sexual abuse can take various forms, for example, physical contact (invasive abuse, touching the genitals), attempts to arouse sexual interest in the …
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Encoding and decoding mutual grooming: Communication with a specialized form of touch
… one. Groomers did not convey significantly more sexual interest or flirtation. Therefore, grooming can best be characterized as an attachment behavior used for pairbonding rather than one used in courtship for flirtation purposes.</p>
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A Cognitive-Motivational Approach to Understanding Gendered Sexual Response: the Role of Attentional Mechanisms
Sexual arousal involves changes in physiology, emotions, and cognitions, and is positively associated with sexual outcomes (e.g., sexual activity, sexual desire) and well-being (e.g., physical and mental health, overall quality of life). As such, factors that influence sexual arousal are expected …
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Let's talk about sex : a critical narrative analysis of hetrosexual couples' accounts of low sexual desire
… Psychiatric Association, 2013) as Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder (FSI/AD) and often causes distress where there is a desire discrepancy in a relationship. A literature search revealed that very little research has been undertaken on couple aspects of the problem. This is a …
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Circuits of Desire: Science, Therapy, Trauma, Femininity
… the diagnosis and lived experience of low sexual desire in women. In the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), two different low desire diagnoses are included: one for men (Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder), and one for women (Female …
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