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Article: "Baring the body in the bedroom": body image, sexual self-schemas, and sexual functioning among college women and men.
- Article from:
- Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
- Author:
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Abstract
A growing literature points to the role of body-image attitudes in human sexual functioning. Specifically, body dissatisfaction and excessive psychological investment in one's physical appearance may lead to physical self-consciousness and body exposure avoidance during sexual relations, which in turn may impair sexual desire, enjoyment, and performance. The present research with 145 college women and 118 college men evaluated a contextual body-image measure, the Body Exposure during Sexual Activities Questionnaire (BESAQ), which assesses anxious/avoidant body focus during sex. Findings supported the BESAQ's reliability and validity. Associations with ...
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