The sexual functioning profile of a nonforensic sample of individuals reporting sexual aggression against women
| Autor: | Joana Carvalho, Pedro Nobre, Ana Quinta-Gomes |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Adolescent Universities Urology Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism media_common.quotation_subject education Embarrassment Poison control Anxiety Suicide prevention Young Adult Endocrinology Surveys and Questionnaires Psychology [Social sciences] Injury prevention Psicologia [Ciências sociais] medicine Humans Psychology Sexual Dysfunctions Psychological Students media_common Sexual violence Portugal Sexual inhibition Sex Offenses Human factors and ergonomics Aggression Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Reproductive Medicine Psicologia Female medicine.symptom Social psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| Popis: | Introduction Sexual offenders are believed to present marked sexual difficulties. However, most of the studies characterizing sex offenders' sexual functioning were conducted with samples of documented/incarcerated sexual aggressors. At the present state of the knowledge there is limited information on the sexual functioning profile of individuals reporting some form of sexual violence but who were not documented/apprehended by the judicial system. Aim The aim of this preliminary study was to characterize a sample of community sexual aggressors (college students) according to their sexual functioning. Results were expected to add information about the relationship between sexual functioning and sexual violence, and to impact strategies aimed at preventing sexual aggression on college campus. Methods One hundred sixty‐one male college students participated in a cross‐sectional study. Students were recruited at a Portuguese university using nonrandom methods. Among these students, 35 reported sexual aggression against women. The measures were completed individually and anonymously. Main Outcome Measures Participants completed a modified version of the International Index of Erectile Function, the Sexual Inhibition and Sexual Excitation Scales, the Sexual Self‐Consciousness Scale, the Questionnaire of Cognitive Schema Activation in Sexual Context, and the Sexual‐Esteem Scale. Results Results indicated that students reporting sexual aggression against women presented significantly more erectile and orgasmic difficulties, and more sexual inhibition due to the threat of performance failure than the control peers. Additionally, students reporting sexual aggression presented more sexual embarrassment, and more schemas of undesirability and incompetence. Conclusions Results pointed toward a possible relationship between sexual violence as reported by college students and sexual performance anxiety. These findings are expected to impact conceptual models on sexual aggression perpetrated by nonforensic individuals. Carvalho J, Quinta‐Gomes A, and Nobre PJ. The sexual functioning profile of a nonforensic sample of individuals reporting sexual aggression against women. J Sex Med 2013;10:1744–1754. |
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