Surveying sexual attitudes

Am, Johnson; Wadsworth, J; J, Field; Wellings, Kaye; Anderson, Roy M.

doi:10.1038/343109a0

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“…Sexual behaviour in the previous 12 months was assessed with a questionnaire based on the 1990 British national survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles 15. Questions were presented by computer, with an interviewer present who could not see the subjects' responses but was available to assist.…”

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Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour in young adulthood: cross sectional study in birth cohort

Ramrakha

Caspi²,

Dickson³

et al. 2000

BMJ

256

177

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Objective To determine if risky sexual intercourse, sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual intercourse at an early age are associated with psychiatric disorder. Design Cross sectional study of a birth cohort at age 21 years with assessments presented by computer (for sexual behaviour) and by trained interviewers (for psychiatric disorder). Setting New Zealand in 1993-4. Participants 992 study members (487 women) from the Dunedin multidisciplinary health and development study. Complete data were available on both measures for 930 study members. Main outcome measures Psychiatric disorders (anxiety, depression, eating disorder, substance dependence, antisocial disorder, mania, schizophrenia spectrum) and measures of sexual behaviour. Results Young people diagnosed with substance dependence, schizophrenia spectrum, and antisocial disorders were more likely to engage in risky sexual intercourse, contract sexually transmitted diseases, and have sexual intercourse at an early age (before 16 years). Unexpectedly, so were young people with depressive disorders. Young people with mania were more likely to report risky sexual intercourse and have sexually transmitted diseases. The likelihood of risky behaviour was increased by psychiatric comorbidity. Conclusions There is a clear association between risky sexual behaviour and common psychiatric disorders. Although the temporal relation is uncertain, the results indicate the need to coordinate sexual medicine with mental health services in the treatment of young people.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour in young adulthood: cross sectional study in birth cohort

Ramrakha

Caspi²,

Dickson³

et al. 2000

BMJ

256

177

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“…Because females of this age generally date men who are older than themselves and males typically date younger females (Johnson et al, 1990), females in this sample may have had dating partners who were, on average, considerably more sexually experienced than the dating partners of the same-aged males. The females in this sample may, therefore, have been more sexually experienced simply because of greater exposure to a variety of sexual experiences.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Sexual Behaviormentioning

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Ethnic and gender differences in sexuality: Variations in sexual behavior between Asian and non-Asian university students

1996

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Seven hundred and two (346 non-Asian, 356 Asian) undergraduate volunteers were assessed in a confidential laboratory setting on levels of interpersonal sexual behavior (e.g., petting, intercourse), intrapersonal sexual behavior (e.g., fantasy, masturbation), and sociosexual restrictiveness (e.g., lifetime number of partners, number of "one-night stands"). The purpose was to examine possible differences in sexual behavior between Asian and non-Asian Canadian university students and to determine the association between North American residency and the sexual behavior of Asians. The role of gender on sexual behavior both across and within ethnic groups was also examined. Statistical analyses revealed that Asian students were significantly more conservative than non-Asian students on all measures of interpersonal sexual behavior and sociosexual restrictiveness. Significant differences were also noted between Asian and non-Asian students on most measures of intrapersonal sexual behavior. With the exception of two fantasy items, length of residency in Canada was unrelated to interpersonal sexual behavior, intrapersonal sexual behavior, or sociosexual restrictiveness among Asians. Although gender differences were substantial for intrapersonal sexual behaviors such as fantasy and masturbation, no significant gender differences were found for measures of interpersonal sexual experience, with the exception of reported number of one-night stands.

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“…The epidemiological evidence is patchy and can be interpreted in different ways because of factors such as underreporting, the use of separate categories for bisexuals, IV drug users and the sexual partners of those at 'high risk', and variations in the populations studied (Stoneburner et al 1990). Interpretation is hampered by a general lack of knowledge of the social complexity of sexual behaviour, and by the fact that the quantitative study of human sexual relationships is as yet little developed (Johnson et al 1990). As the number of seropositive heterosexuals increases, women's sexual behaviour will be a critical factor in the spread or limitation of AIDS (Elmslie 1989).…”

Section: Sociology Of Health and Illness Vol 12 No 3 1990 Issn 0141-9889mentioning

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Sex, gender and power: young women's sexuality in the shadow of AIDS

Holland

Ramazanoğlu

Scott

et al. 1990

Sociology Health & Illness

117

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Sex, gender and power: young women's sexuality in the shadow of AIDS Abstract While the incidence of HIV infection and AIDS amongst non drug injecting heterosexuals is currently low in the UK, epidemiological evidence suggests that tbis situation may be short lived. The sexual practices of young heterosexuals will then be crucial in determining the extent of the epidemic. Drawing on feminist theory, we argue that if we are to understand young people's sexual relationships we must attend to the power relations within which sexual identities, beliefs and practices are embedded. The social pressures and constraints through which young women negotiate their sexual encounters impinge directly on their ability to make decisions about sexual safety and pleasure. The power of young women to control sexual practices can then play a key role in the transmission or limitation of sexually transmitted diseases. From preliminary analysis of data collected by the Women, Risk and AIDS Project, we argue that tbe risks young women take in sexual encounters witb men arise within a nexus of contradictions through which women are expected to negotiate safer sex practices. However well intentioned, public health campaigns aimed at women cannot be effective unless they recognise that men and women begin their sexual encounters as unequal partners in the battle against the sexual transmission of HIV.

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Surveying sexual attitudes

Cited by 31 publications

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Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour in young adulthood: cross sectional study in birth cohort

Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour in young adulthood: cross sectional study in birth cohort

Ethnic and gender differences in sexuality: Variations in sexual behavior between Asian and non-Asian university students

Sex, gender and power: young women's sexuality in the shadow of AIDS

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