The Journal of Sex Research back issues from August 2004:
Sexual addiction, sexual compulsivity, sexual impulsivity, or what? Toward a theoretical model.
Aug 01, 2004; ... Increasing attention is being paid to the concept of sexual behavior that is, in some way, out of control. Much of the recent literature has employed two currently fashionable concepts: compulsive sexual behavior and sexual addiction. At this time, both concepts are of uncertain scientific ...
The relationship between indicators of sexual compulsivity and high risk sexual practices among men and women receiving services from a sexually transmitted infection clinic.
Aug 01, 2004; ... Sexual compulsivity is associated with high rates of sexual behavior and may increase risks for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV infection. Individuals who are preoccupied with sex and lack control of their sexual impulses may engage in high-risk sexual acts despite ...
Sexual behavior and responsiveness to sexual stimuli following laboratory-induced sexual arousal.
Aug 01, 2004; ... Emotion can be construed as fundamentally an action disposition, a tendency to do something (Frijda, 1986; Lang, 1993). In this view emotions serve the satisfaction of goals and generate relevant action (such as fight-flight or approach). Sexual excitement, in this respect, does not ...
Correlates of negative attitudes toward gay men: sexism, male role norms, and male sexuality.
Aug 01, 2004; ... Research has shown that heterosexual men tend to hold more negative attitudes toward homosexuality than heterosexual women do (Kite & Whitley, 1996, 1998). More specifically, men's attitudes toward gay men are generally more negative than are their attitudes toward lesbians (e.g., Kite & ...
Evaluation of two school-based HIV prevention interventions in the Border City of Tijuana, Mexico.
Aug 01, 2004; ... In Mexico, over 86% of all known cases of HIV/AIDS can be attributed to sexual transmission (Secretaria de Salud de Mexico, 2000). Because adolescence is a time when many young people first engage in sexual activities, this period presents a significant risk for HIV infection if no ...
Asexuality: prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample.
Aug 01, 2004; ... Asexuality, the state of having no sexual attraction for either sex, has been studied only sparingly. Related issues are sexual aversion disorder and hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), which have been studied more frequently in recent years (e.g., Beck, 1995; Rosen & Leiblum, 1995) ....
Power, desire, and pleasure in sexual fantasies.
Aug 01, 2004; ... Most people engage in sexual fantasy at least occasionally (Hsu et al., 1994; Kinsey, Pomeroy, & Martin, 1948; Kinsey, Pomeroy, Martin, & Gebhart, 1953; Sue, 1979) and such fantasies are generally recognized as part of a healthy sexuality (Hariton & Singer, 1974). Although other aspects of ...
Actual and desired duration of foreplay and intercourse: discordance and misperceptions within heterosexual couples.
Aug 01, 2004; ... A mutually satisfying sexual relationship is complex. It involves the pairing of two individuals, each with his or her own idiosyncratic set of tikes and dislikes. Each, in the language of Simon and Gagnon (1968), with a unique ideal sexual script. A couple's sexual performance ...
The decloseting of masturbation?(The Joy of Self-Pleasuring: Why Feel Guilty About Feeling Good?)(Masturbation as Means of Achieving Sexual Health)(Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Joy of Self-Pleasuring: Why Feel Guilty About Feeling Good? By Edward L. Rowan. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2000, 226 pages. Paper, $19.00. Masturbation as Means of Achieving Sexual Health. Edited by Walter O. Bockting and Eli Coleman. New York: Haworth, 2002, 147 pages. Paper, ...
Psychology and sexual orientation.(Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Experiences, 2nd ed.)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Experiences (2nd ed.). Edited by Linda D. Garnets and Douglas C. Kimmel. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003, 562 pages. Cloth, $62.50; paper, $36.00. For those seeking an historical reference to the first inroads of ...
The enlightenment as genesis of 18th-century masturbation degeneracy hysteria.(Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... Solitary Sex." A Cultural History of Masturbation. By Thomas W. Laqueur. New York: Zone Books, 2003, 496 pages. Cloth, $34.00. Why did social hysteria about masturbation appear so dramatically in Europe at the beginning of the 18th-century? Thomas W. Laqueur examines the history ...
Using dynamic nonlinear mathematical models to explain patterns of marital interaction and the failure of marital therapy.(The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models. By John M. Gottman, James D. Murray, Catherine C. Swanson, Rebecca Tyson, and Kristin R. Swanson. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2002, 403 pages. Hardcover, $42.95. This book shows how dynamic nonlinear modeling can be used ...
Getting retro and peering ahead: the history of psychoanalysis and homosexuality around the world.(The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality: International Perspectives)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2004; ... The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality: International Perspectives. Edited by Vittorio Lingiardi and Jack Drescher. New York: The Haworth Medical Press, 2003, 223 pages. Softcover, $25.00. Students or scholars interested in psychoanalytic thought, homosexuality, and ...