Thematic sexual responses as related to sexual drive and guilt.

Leiman, Alan H.; Epstein, Seymour

doi:10.1037/h0043033

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“…The relationship found between sex-guilt and sexual desire is supported by a correlation of -.56 between the Sex sub-scale of the Mosher Forced-Choice Guilt Scale and the Heterosexuality Scale of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (Galbraith, Hahn and Leiberman, 1968). The findings with respect to orgasm ease and orgasm frequency agree with those of Leiman and Epstein (1961) who showed that orgasm rate was a negative function of sex-guilt. Hence, similar results have been obtained from different measures.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…Sex-guilt was measured with a questionnaire developed by Leiman and Epstein (1961), which consisted of eleven items to be rated on a six-point scale (agree strongly to disagree strongly). The score was a sum of the eleven ratings; however, if the subject omitted one item, that item was assigned her average score based on the other ten items.…”

Section: Sex-guiltmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By contrast, there has been a paucity of research relating sex-guilt to reports • of sexual behavior as such. However, Leiman and Epstein (1961) showed that individuals with more sex-guilt reported a lower frequency of orgasm per week. In all of the previously mentioned studies the subjects were male undergraduates, a very limited basis for generalizing.…”

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“…JEROME KUTNER* It has been repeatedly demonstrated that guilt over sex is inversely related to sexual responses to projective tests. Leiman and Epstein (1961) showed that sexual responses to a-thematic appreception test were a negative function of sexual deprivation for guilty subjects, whereas the reverse was true of those who were less guilt ridden. In another study (Galbraith, Hahn and Leiberman, 1968), sexual responses to the word-association test were negatively correlated with sex-guilt.…”

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Sex guilt and the sexual behavior sequence

Kutner¹

1971

The Journal of Sex Research

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Sex guilt and the sexual behavior sequence

Kutner¹

1971

The Journal of Sex Research

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“…The instructions and the picture (TAT Item 3GF) employed were adapted from Murray's (1943) Thematic Apperception Test Manual. A similar measure of sexual arousal has been employed in the Barclay studies (1969Barclay studies ( , 1970Barclay & Haber, 1965), and in other sex-related experiments (Aron, 1970;Clark, 1952;Leiman & Epstein, 1961). The particular TAT item used in the present study was selected for its lack of obvious sexual content, since projective measures of sexual arousal based on explicit sexual stimuli tend to be highly sensitive to individual differences due to sexual defcnsiveness (Clark & Sensibar, 1955;Eisler, 1968;Leiman & Epstein, 1961;Lubin, 1960).…”

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Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety.

Dutton¹,

Aron²

1974

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

687

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Male passersby were contacted either on a fear-arousing suspension bridge or a non-fear-arousing bridge by an attractive female interviewer who asked them to fill out questionnaires containing Thematic Apperception Test pictures. Sexual content of stories written by subjects on the fear-arousing bridge and tendency of these subjects to attempt postexperimental contact with the interviewer were both significantly greater. No significant differences between bridges were obtained on either measure for subjects contacted by a male interviewer. A third study manipulated anticipated shock to male subjects and an attractive female confederate independently. Anticipation of own shock but not anticipation of shock to confederate increased sexual imagery scores on the Thematic Apperception Test and attraction to the confederate. Some theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.There is a substantial body of indirect evidence suggesting that sexual attractions occur with increased frequency during states of strong emotion. For example, heterosexual love has been observed to be associated both with hate (James, 1910; Suttie, 193S) and with pain (Ellis, 1936). A connection between "aggression" and sexual attraction is supported by Tinbergen's (1954) observations of intermixed courting and aggression behaviors in various animal species, and a series of experiments conducted by Barclay have indicated the existence of a similar phenomenon in human behavior. In one study, Barclay and Haber (196S) arranged for students in one class to be angered by having their professor viciously berate them for having done poorly on a recent test; another class served as a control. Subsequently, both groups were tested for aggressive feelings and for sexual arousal. A manipulation check was successful, and the angered group manifested signfiicantly more sexual arousal than did controls (p < .01) as measured by explicit sexual content in stories written in response

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Sexual daydreams and quantitative aspects of sexual activity: Some relations for males across adulthood

Giambra

Martin

1977

Arch Sex Behav

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Sexual daydreams were measured using the Imaginal Processes Inventory, while retrospective data on number of coital partners, frequency of intercourse in early marriage, and quantity of sexual activity experienced between 20 and 40 years of age were obtained by interview. The 277 men studied ranged from 24 to 91 years. The frequency and intensity of sexual daydreams declined with increasing age, and after age 65 virtually disappeared. The occurrence of sexual daydreams varied directly with each of the three behavioral indicators of sexual vigor for all age groups through age 64. The results are seen as supportive of the "current concerns" explanation of daydreaming production.

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Thematic sexual responses as related to sexual drive and guilt.

Cited by 35 publications

References 7 publications

Sex guilt and the sexual behavior sequence

Sex guilt and the sexual behavior sequence

Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety.

Sexual daydreams and quantitative aspects of sexual activity: Some relations for males across adulthood

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