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Asexuality: classification and characterization

Asexuality: classification and characterization
Asexuality: classification and characterization
The term “asexual” has been defined in many different ways and asexuality has received very little research attention. In a small qualitative study (N = 4), individuals who self-identified as asexual were interviewed to help formulate hypotheses for a larger study. The second larger study was an online survey drawn from a convenience sample designed to better characterize asexuality and to test predictors of asexual identity. A convenience sample of 1,146 individuals (N = 41 self-identified asexual) completed online questionnaires assessing sexual history, sexual inhibition and excitation, sexual desire, and an open-response questionnaire concerning asexual identity. Asexuals reported significantly less desire for sex with a partner, lower sexual arousability, and lower sexual excitation but did not differ consistently from non-asexuals in their sexual inhibition scores or their desire to masturbate. Content analyses supported the idea that low sexual desire is the primary feature predicting asexual identity.
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341-356
Prause, Nicole
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Graham, Cynthia A.
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Prause, Nicole
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Graham, Cynthia A.
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Prause, Nicole and Graham, Cynthia A. (2007) Asexuality: classification and characterization. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36 (3), 341-356. (doi:10.1007/s10508-006-9142-3).

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The term “asexual” has been defined in many different ways and asexuality has received very little research attention. In a small qualitative study (N = 4), individuals who self-identified as asexual were interviewed to help formulate hypotheses for a larger study. The second larger study was an online survey drawn from a convenience sample designed to better characterize asexuality and to test predictors of asexual identity. A convenience sample of 1,146 individuals (N = 41 self-identified asexual) completed online questionnaires assessing sexual history, sexual inhibition and excitation, sexual desire, and an open-response questionnaire concerning asexual identity. Asexuals reported significantly less desire for sex with a partner, lower sexual arousability, and lower sexual excitation but did not differ consistently from non-asexuals in their sexual inhibition scores or their desire to masturbate. Content analyses supported the idea that low sexual desire is the primary feature predicting asexual identity.

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Published date: 2007
Organisations: Psychology

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Local EPrints ID: 206795
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/206795
ISSN: 0004-0002
PURE UUID: 30a08af2-861e-48ce-b60d-ed2af1ed2adb
ORCID for Cynthia A. Graham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7884-599X

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Last modified: 21 Mar 2024 02:47

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Author: Nicole Prause

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