Impact of attachment styles in the development of traumatic symptoms in French women victims of sexual violence
Publication date: Available online 4 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): J. Bruno, J. Machado, Y. Ferreira, L. Munsch, J. Silès, T. Steinmetz, C. Rotonda, L. Vismara, C. Tarquinio The insecure attachment style is characterized by either anxiety or avoiding behaviors. Literature showed that these two variables play a significant role on the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The aim of the present study was to examine the association between the presence of traumatic symptoms after a sexual violence and attachment style. The study sample consisted of 189 women who encountered at least one se...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Exposure to online sexual materials in adolescence and desensitization to sexual content
Publication date: Available online 4 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): K. Daneback, A. Ševčíková, S. Ježek It is well known that adolescents use the Internet for sexual purposes, for example viewing sexually explicit materials, a practice which increases with age. Prior research has suggested a link between cognitive and behavioral effects on the one hand and viewing sexually explicit materials on the Internet on the other. The present study aimed to explore exposure to sexually explicit materials on the Internet and a possible desensitizing effect on the perception of online sexual content over time. The stu...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Are Social Media a problem or a tool? New strategies for sexual education
Publication date: Available online 17 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): E. Todaro, M. Silvaggi, F. Aversa, V. Rossi, F.M. Nimbi, R. Rossi, C. Simonelli The Social Media and online communities have become important communication channels for youth and the massive use of these technologies by new generations gave rise to an international debate regarding the potential effects on relationships and sexuality. The aim of this paper is to study advantages and limits of Social Media, as formal and informal source of information on sexuality, focusing on their impact on youth and professionals involved in sexual educa...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Les m édias sociaux sont-ils un problème ou un outil ? Nouvelles stratégies pour l’éducation sexuelle
Publication date: Available online 17 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): E. Todaro, M. Silvaggi, F. Aversa, V. Rossi, F.M. Nimbi, R. Rossi, C. Simonelli Les médias sociaux et les communautés en ligne sont devenus des canaux de communication importants pour les jeunes et l’utilisation massive de ces technologies par les nouvelles générations a donné lieu à un débat international concernant leur effet potentiel sur les relations et la sexualité. Le but de cet article est d’étudier les avantages et les limites des médias sociaux, en tant que source d’information formelle et informelle sur la sexual...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Telephone sexual counselling and current technologies: Are helplines still effective in the social media era?
Publication date: Available online 18 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): F.M. Nimbi, R. Rossi, C. Simonelli Helplines are common counselling services for men and women seeking advice for health, psychological and sexual problems. With the advent of the social media era, users have now more possibilities to search for information about sexual health than before. Comparing the recent data of a long-standing telephone counselling service on sexual health by the Institute of Clinical Sexology of Rome, we aimed to investigate the range of sexual concerns reported by users, to describe the differences, if any, between ma...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Évaluation de la fonction sexuelle dans un groupe de résidentes en médecine mariées
Conclusions Plusieurs facteurs avaient une influence négative sur la fonction sexuelle, notamment le stress et la dépression. La fonction sexuelle féminine chez les médecins en formation mérite d’être étudiée davantage afin d’instaurer les mesures préventives nécessaires. Background Medical residents generally represent a young and healthy population in which sexual dysfunction should be present rarely, in a context of medical comorbidity. However, some studies have shown high prevalence of sexual dysfunction in this population, exceeding 60%. Psychological, interpersonal and sociocultural factors play an im...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Sexual health in your hands: How the smartphone apps can improve your sexual wellbeing?
Publication date: Available online 22 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): S. Eleuteri, R. Rossi, F. Tripodi, A. Fabrizi, C. Simonelli In recent years, the numbers of smartphone users has surged across the world and downloads of smartphone apps have grown significantly, with smartphone usage increased to 73% among American adolescents since 2013. The main goal of this article is to present a review of the literature focusing the use of smartphone applications to improve sexual health. Using a smartphone application to provide sexual health information, especially to younger populations, might aid in increasing awar...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
La sant é sexuelle est dans vos mains : comment les applis pour smartphone peuvent-elles améliorer votre bien-être sexuel ?
Publication date: Available online 23 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): S. Eleuteri, R. Rossi, F. Tripodi, A. Fabrizi, C. Simonelli Ces dernières années, le nombre d’utilisateurs de smartphones a explosé à travers le monde et les téléchargements d’applications pour smartphones ont considérablement augmenté, l’utilisation des smartphones atteignant 73 % chez les adolescents américains depuis 2013. Le but principal de cet article est de présenter une revue de littérature centrée sur l’utilisation des applications de smartphone pour améliorer la santé sexuelle. L’utilisation d’une applica...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Conseils sexuels par t éléphone et technologies actuelles : les lignes d’assistances téléphoniques sont-elles encore efficaces à l’ère des médias sociaux ?
Publication date: Available online 30 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): F.M. Nimbi, R. Rossi, C. Simonelli Les lignes d’assistance sont des services de conseil communs pour hommes et femmes cherchant des conseils de santé, et sur des problèmes psychologiques et sexuels. Avec l’avènement des réseaux sociaux, les utilisateurs ont maintenant plus de possibilités d’informations sur la santé sexuelle qu’auparavant. En comparant les données récentes d’un long entretien d’un service de conseil téléphonique de santé sexuelle par l’institut de sexologie clinique de Rome, nous avons examiné la gamm...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Sex toys, sex dolls, sex robots: Our under-researched bed-fellows
Publication date: Available online 30 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): N. Döring, S. Pöschl In the 21st century, sexual products such as sex toys, sex dolls and sex robots are openly marketed on the Internet. The online retailer Amazon alone provides literally thousands of sexual wellness products. The Internet has done with sexual products what it has already achieved with pornography: it has expanded and diversified the market, made sexual products more accessible and affordable, and thus normalized their use. Research, though, is lagging behind: in comparison to the large body of pornography studies, research...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Jouets sexuels, poup ées sexuelles, robots sexuels : nos compagnons de lit négligés par la science
Publication date: Available online 30 May 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): N. Döring, S. Pöschl Au 21e siècle, les produits sexuels comme les jouets sexuels, les poupées sexuelles et les robots sexuels sont ouvertement commercialisés sur Internet. Le détaillant en ligne Amazon fournit à lui seul des milliers de produits de bien-être sexuel. L’Internet a fait avec les produits sexuels ce qu’il a déjà réalisé avec la pornographie : il a élargi et diversifié le marché, a rendu les produits sexuels plus accessibles et abordables, ainsi normalisant leur utilisation. La recherche, cependant, est à la tr...
Source: Sexologies - June 7, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Insecure attachment and use of sexual coercion in male university students: Negative urgency as an explanatory mechanism
This study identifies negative urgency and anxious attachment as promising intervention targets to prevent the perpetration of sexual coercion and highlights the importance of verifying the causal role of these factors with longitudinal studies. (Source: Sexologies)
Source: Sexologies - April 5, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Comment étudier la coercition sexuelle en laboratoire ? Adaptation et validation de la version française de la « date rape anologue task »
Conclusion De nouvelles recherches apparaissent alors d’autant plus importantes qu’un programme de prévention, pour être efficace, doit également pouvoir prendre en compte les processus et mécanismes susceptibles d’expliquer la coercition sexuelle in situ. Introduction For obvious reasons, a situation of sexual coercion can never be directly studied. In order to approach as closely as possible such a situation, different proxies have been developed (written vignette, audiotape, videotape and confederates). Nevertheless, only written vignettes are available for French-speaking researchers interested in studying s...
Source: Sexologies - March 31, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Les comportements de coercition sexuelle commis par les femmes examin és sous l’approche de la criminologie développementale
Conclusion Les résultats mettent en lumière l’importance de considérer la présence de continuité des troubles du comportement de l’enfance à l’âge adulte dans l’élaboration des modèles explicatifs de la coercition sexuelle par les femmes. Objectives Based on the developmental criminology perspective, this study examines the association between the history of behavior problems in childhood and adolescence and the use of sexually coercive behaviors by women (seduction, manipulation, intoxication and physical force). In addition, this study examines the association between the use of sexual coercion and phys...
Source: Sexologies - March 31, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
Female sexual coercion examined from a developmental criminology perspective
Publication date: Available online 31 March 2018 Source:Sexologies Author(s): N.M.G. Fontaine, G. Parent, J.-P. Guay Based on the developmental criminology perspective, this study examines the association between the history of behaviour problems in childhood and adolescence and the use of sexually coercive behaviours by women. Sexual coercion refers to the use of strategies, which can be sometimes subtle, to have sexual contact without the consent of a partner (i.e., seduction, manipulation, intoxication and physical force). In addition, this study examines the association between the use of sexual coercion and physi...
Source: Sexologies - March 31, 2018 Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research
