An integrated model to understand sexuality in older adults in urban China: The mediating role of sexual interest

Yang, Shuyan; Yan, Ecw; Bai, Xue

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2018.05.021

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“…Thus, while Freeman & Coast ( 2014 ) reported that, the continuous desire for sexual activities caused frustration on the older Malawians stemming from inability to maintain their usual sexual frequency, the present study finding contrarily support the findings that sexual desire commonly stood out as a more stable expression, which does not wane with age and longer marital duration, though one may engage in physical sexual activities less frequently (Arias-Castillo et al, 2009 ; DeLamater & Koepsel, 2015), and is suggestive that the participants often channelled their sexual desires into more intimate sexual behaviour (Yang et al, 2018 ). This finding agrees with the assumption of this present study and confirms the established evidence in the literature that the older age is not an asexual period (Nyanzi, 2011 ; Ricoy-Cano et al, 2020 ).…”

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Changes and Forms of Sexual Behaviour in old age: A Qualitative Study of Older People in Southeastern Nigeria

Ede

Chepngeno-Langat

Okoh

2023

Sexuality & Culture

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The misconceptions that old age is an asexual phase of human life has been challenged by increasing empirical evidence which shows that sexual activity persists in old age albeit in different forms and frequency. This study examined how a group of older people in southeastern Nigeria express their sexual behaviour. The semi-structured individual interviews with 14 older people (9 male, 5 female) aged 60?89 years were conducted using an exploratory qualitative approach. The data generated were analysed thematically, and two themes were conceptualised including diverse sexual behaviour and mutual understanding. These themes supported a pattern among the participants where there is a drop in the frequency of physical sexual behaviour but their sexual interests were described to be more stable. However, the sexual interest is channelled into more intimate sexual behaviour. Thus, sexual behaviours in later life in this study were not declining but showed diversity and modifications; most have adjusted to incorporate more emotional bonding and caring. More so, what forms of sexual behaviour constitute for these older partners are often linked to the presence of dynamic interplay of influencing factors ingrained on the level of the older partners mutuality in understanding and responding to theencroaching age-related changes in their sexual behaviour. Remarkably, these factors could be controlled, which signposts a potential premise and point of policy and practical intervention to promote healthy sexual behaviour in later life.

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Changes and Forms of Sexual Behaviour in old age: A Qualitative Study of Older People in Southeastern Nigeria

Ede

Chepngeno-Langat

Okoh

2023

Sexuality & Culture

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“…Alguns fatores têm contribuído para o aumento dos casos de IST nas pessoas mais velhas, como a prática sexual desprotegida (Andrade et al,2017;Madruga et al, 2018;Moura, Pessôa et al, 2017) relacionamentos com parceiros casuais (Yang et al, 2018) e baixa percepção de risco (Madruga et al, 2018;Moura et al,2017). Nesse contexto, é fundamental que profissionais de saúde incluam a saúde sexual no atendimento realizado às pessoas idosas.…”

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Fatores associados ao conhecimento e atitudes de acadêmicos de enfermagem sobre comportamento sexual e Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis em pessoas idosas

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Mendes

Reiners

et al. 2022

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Analisar os fatores sociodemográficos e de formação acadêmica associados ao conhecimento e às atitudes de acadêmicos de enfermagem sobre o comportamento sexual e as Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis em pessoas idosas. Estudo transversal, realizado com 88 acadêmicos de enfermagem matriculados do quinto ao décimo semestre de uma universidade pública. A coleta de dados ocorreu em 2020, utilizando questionário online autoaplicável sobre características sociodemográficas, formação acadêmica, conhecimentos e atitudes sobre o comportamento sexual e IST em pessoas idosas. Na análise descritiva, calcularam-se frequências absolutas e relativas para as variáveis categóricas. Para o conhecimento e a atitude, calcularam-se média, mediana, distância interquartil e desvio-padrão conforme as variáveis sociodemográficas e de formação acadêmica. Realizou-se regressão linear e múltipla para avaliar as variáveis associadas ao conhecimento e às atitudes, adotando nível de significância de 5%. As variáveis associadas ao conhecimento dos acadêmicos foram: faixa etária de 27 a 39 anos (beta=1,45; IC95%:0,18-2,07); contato com idosos (beta=1,06; IC95%:0,48-2,07); atividade complementar IST sobre pessoas idosas (beta=2,43; IC95%:1,01-3,84); sétimo (beta=2,22; IC95%:1,08-3,37) e nono (beta=1,67; IC95%:0,52-2,82) semestres em curso. Quanto às atitudes, participar em atividades complementares se manteve associada no modelo múltiplo (beta=10,24; IC95%:1,17-19,31). Acadêmicos de enfermagem com faixa etária de 27 anos ou mais, que têm contato próximo com idosos, que cursam entre o sétimo e décimo semestres e que já participaram de atividades complementares têm maior nível de conhecimento sobre comportamento sexual e as IST em pessoas idosas. Aqueles que participaram de atividades complementares têm atitudes mais positivas.

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Late‐Life Sexuality

Levy,

Sukmaningrum

2023

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

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The failure of scientists to define what they mean by “sexuality,” “sexual behavior,” or “late life” when designing studies or publishing their results complicates attempts to compare research findings within older age groups and across societies and sociocultural environments. Still, research across the globe confirms that sex and sexuality are a normal and valued part of human existence at any age and that many older persons remain sexually active throughout life. Nonetheless, sexual expression and sex in late adulthood too often are challenged by the lack of a sexual partner, age‐related physical decline, insufficient privacy, concerns about sexually transmitted diseases, and stereotypic age norms that characterize late‐life sex as humorous and untoward. Medical and technological innovations since the 1990s, including sexual enhancement drugs, Internet dating sites, phone apps to locate partners, and medical treatment that reduces risk of HIV transmission, have helped to partly mitigate such hindrances.

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An integrated model to understand sexuality in older adults in urban China: The mediating role of sexual interest

Cited by 6 publications

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Changes and Forms of Sexual Behaviour in old age: A Qualitative Study of Older People in Southeastern Nigeria

Changes and Forms of Sexual Behaviour in old age: A Qualitative Study of Older People in Southeastern Nigeria

Fatores associados ao conhecimento e atitudes de acadêmicos de enfermagem sobre comportamento sexual e Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis em pessoas idosas

Late‐Life Sexuality

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