To Picture or Not to Picture: Levels of Erotophobia and Breast Self‐Examination Brochure Techniques<sup>1</sup>

Labranche, Eric R.; Helweg‐Larsen, Marie; Byrd, Charles E.; Choquette, Robert A.

doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01648.x

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“…An erotophilic person is more likely to engage in diverse facets of sexuality (Lanciano et al, 2016;Rye, Serafini & Bramberger, 2015), to think about sex more often, to masturbate and fantasize more frequently, and have more intercourse partners than erotophobic individuals (Fisher et al, 1988b). Erotophilic people are also more likely to engage in sex-related health care and to use contraception (Fisher et al, 1988b;Herbenick, Reece, & Hollub, 2009;Labranche, Helweg-Larsen, Byrd, & Choquette, 1997;Rudolph, 2016).…”

Section: Erotophobia-erotophiliamentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual Attitudes, Erotophobia, and Sociosexual Orientation Differ Based on Relationship Orientation

Balzarini

Shumlich

Kohut

et al. 2018

The Journal of Sex Research

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Consensual non-monogamy (CNM) is an overarching term for relationship orientations that differ based on the degree to which consensual sexual and emotional needs are fulfilled outside of a dyad. Despite the diversity of CNM relationship orientations and growing research examining CNM, it is unclear whether the sexual attitudes, inclination to approach/avoid sexual stimuli (i.e., erotophobia-erotophilia), and sociosexuality differ among individuals who identify with distinct CNM relationships. Further, as the agreements made in CNM relationships permit for extradyadic relationships, important differences might emerge for CNM and monogamous individuals. A convenience sample (N = 641) of individuals who self-identified as monogamous (n = 447), open (n = 80), polyamorous (n = 62), or swinger (n = 52) provided ratings of their sexual attitudes, erotophobia-erotophilia, and sociosexuality. Results indicated that swingers had the most permissive and instrumental attitudes, were the most erotophilic, and were the most unrestricted sexually. Conversely, monogamists scored the lowest on these traits. No differences emerged between relationship orientations for attitudes towards communion and birth control. These findings have important implications for sexuality research because they reinforce the view that some underlying differences and similarities exist between monogamous and CNM individuals.

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Section: Erotophobia-erotophiliamentioning

confidence: 99%

Sexual Attitudes, Erotophobia, and Sociosexual Orientation Differ Based on Relationship Orientation

Balzarini

Shumlich

Kohut

et al. 2018

The Journal of Sex Research

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“…At least in the context of Study 2, the default cognition in approaching BSEs appeared to be that of human uniqueness, for this condition did not differ from a no-essay control. However, there may be aspects of health settings that can activate concerns about creatureliness (e.g., looking at one's naked figure in the bathroom mirror, seeing one's X-ray in the doctor's office) or aspects of instructional brochures that can make creatureliness more accessible, such as explicit photos (found to deter BSEs among individuals high in erotophobia, Labranche, Helweg-Larsen, Byrd, Choquette, 1997). Applied health workers only stand to gain by considering whether interventions and instructional materials can be delivered in ways that reduce the likelihood of casting BSEs in a creaturely light.…”

Section: Applications For Breast Exam Promotionmentioning

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Uncovering an existential barrier to breast self-exam behavior

Goldenberg

Arndt

Hart

et al. 2008

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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The present research applies an analysis derived from terror management theory to the health domain of breast examination, and in doing so uncovers previously unrecognized factors that may contribute to women's reluctance to perform breast self-examinations (BSEs). In Study 1, when concerns about mortality were primed, reminders of human beings' physical nature (i.e., creatureliness) reduced intentions to conduct BSEs compared to reminders of humans' uniqueness. In Study 2, women conducted shorter exams on a breast model (an experience found to increase death-thought accessibility) when creatureliness was primed compared to a uniqueness and no essay condition. In Study 3, after a creatureliness prime, women performed shorter BSEs when a placebo did not provide an alternative explanation for their discomfort compared to when it did. Advances for theory and breast self-exam promotion are discussed."The body, then, is one's animal fate that has to be struggled against … the creatureliness is the terror" Ernest Becker (The Denial of Death, 1973, pp. 44, 87) Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today (American

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“…Engagement in safer sexual behaviors is further found to be an important correlate of higher levels of erotophilia (Fisher, 1984;Fisher, 1990). Other related lines of research have also found correlations between attitudes towards women's genitals and erotophilia, as well as breast selfexamination and erotophilia (Hebernick, 2007;Labranche, et al, 1997).…”

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A Re-Examination of the Sexual Opinion Survey

Kafaee,

Kohut,

Joel

2023

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The Sexual Opinion Survey (SOS) has been one of the most widely used and influential measures in sexuality research cross-culturally since the 1980s. This scale is designed to measure individuals’ tendencies to avoid or approach sexual stimuli, also known as erotophobia-erotophilia. Although evidence of the scale’s validity has accumulated over the years, much of this work is limited to investigations of convergent and divergent validity. It has also been decades since the criterion validity of the original items has been reviewed and in that time some conceptual gaps in the scale’s item coverage have become apparent. Specifically, in this research we sought to determine if either the original or new SOS items of our own devising were better able to predict affective responses to a large range of sexual stimuli, compared to a variety of other sexuality measures (e.g., sociosexuality, sexual compulsivity, sexual health, etc.). To this end, we employed a machine learning method called Random Forests, in which all questionnaire items were entered as separate predictors. Results of this analysis indicated that a combination of the original and new SOS items better predicted affective responses to sexual stimuli than other sexuality measures that were tested. These findings confirm the validity of some of the existing SOS items but also suggest that further measurement refinement may be needed. Moreover, results of the exploratory factor analysis on the new SOS items identified a five-factor solution. Future validation efforts should confirm this structure.

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To Picture or Not to Picture: Levels of Erotophobia and Breast Self‐Examination Brochure Techniques¹

Cited by 13 publications

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Sexual Attitudes, Erotophobia, and Sociosexual Orientation Differ Based on Relationship Orientation

Sexual Attitudes, Erotophobia, and Sociosexual Orientation Differ Based on Relationship Orientation

Uncovering an existential barrier to breast self-exam behavior

A Re-Examination of the Sexual Opinion Survey

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To Picture or Not to Picture: Levels of Erotophobia and Breast Self‐Examination Brochure Techniques1

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Sexual Attitudes, Erotophobia, and Sociosexual Orientation Differ Based on Relationship Orientation

Sexual Attitudes, Erotophobia, and Sociosexual Orientation Differ Based on Relationship Orientation

Uncovering an existential barrier to breast self-exam behavior

A Re-Examination of the Sexual Opinion Survey

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