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Imhoff, Roland ORCID: 0000-0003-0807-463X and Schmidt, Alexander F. (2014). Sexual Disinhibition Under Sexual Arousal: Evidence for Domain Specificity in Men and Women. Arch. Sex. Behav., 43 (6). S. 1123 - 1137. NEW YORK: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. ISSN 1573-2800

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Abstract

Men have been shown to estimate their likelihood of engaging in sexually coercive behaviors and also uncommon and unprotected sexual behaviors as higher when they are in an acute state of sexual arousal. The present research sought to test (1) whether sexual arousal effects could be replicated under more controlled laboratory settings, (2) whether women showed the same pattern of results, and (3) whether this effect was specific to sexual disinhibition or would generalize to non-sexual disinhibited behavior. In two experimental studies, male and female participants (Study 1: N = 84; Study 2: N = 86) were either sexually aroused by acoustically presented erotic narratives or listened to sexually non-arousing neutral narratives. Afterwards, they self-estimated their likelihood of engaging in a variety of behaviors that could be characterized as sexual or non-sexual disinhibited behavior. Results replicated the previously established effect of sexual disinhibition under sexual arousal for men and provided the first evidence for a similar effect in women. No arousal effects were observed for non-sexual behavior, rendering alternative explanations based on mere indifferent responding unlikely. The discussion focused on a plausible explanation for this effect.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Imhoff, Roland UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-463X UNSPECIFIED Schmidt, Alexander F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-432477
DOI:	10.1007/s10508-014-0329-8
Journal or Publication Title:	Arch. Sex. Behav.
Volume:	43
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1123 - 1137
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-2800
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language RISK-TAKING; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; AGGRESSION; DIFFERENCE; PORNOGRAPHY; MOTIVATION; STIMULI; REGRET Multiple languages Psychology, Clinical; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43247