Do East Asian and Euro-Canadian Women Differ in Sexual Psychophysiology Research Participation?

Woo, Jane S. T.; Brotto, Lori A.; Yule, Morag A.

doi:10.1080/00224490902999294

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“…As with all studies on sexuality, it is possible that participants uncomfortable with study procedures self‐selected out of our sample. Women who decline participation in sexual psychophysiology studies tend to have less sexual experience and more sexual inhibition than those who volunteer (Morokoff, ; but see also Woo, Brotto, & Yule, for contrary results). It is thus possible that our findings would not generalize to women who would not volunteer for sex research.…”

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Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between sympathetic nervous system activation and women's physiological sexual arousal

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There is increasing evidence that women’s physiological sexual arousal is facilitated by moderate sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation. Literature also suggests that the level of SNS activation may play a role in the degree to which SNS activity affects sexual arousal. We provide the first empirical examination of a possible curvilinear relationship between SNS activity and women’s genital arousal using a direct measure of SNS activation in 52 sexually functional women. The relationship between heart rate variability (HRV), a specific and sensitive marker of SNS activation, and vaginal pulse amplitude (VPA), a measure of genital arousal, was analyzed. Moderate increases in SNS activity were associated with higher genital arousal, while very low or very high SNS activation was associated with lower genital arousal. These findings imply that there is an optimal level of SNS activation for women’s physiological sexual arousal.

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Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between sympathetic nervous system activation and women's physiological sexual arousal

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“…The cancellation rates were similar to those of prior studies (e.g., Rellini, unpublished data). Recent studies have reported no differences in personality characteristics between women who participate in studies using vaginal photoplethysmography versus self-report measures (Woo, Brotto, & Yule, in press). …”

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The cortisol response during physiological sexual arousal in adult women with a history of childhood sexual abuse

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Many women with a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) experience difficulties becoming sexually aroused. This study measured cortisol and physiological sexual arousal during exposure to sexual stimuli in women with and without a history of CSA. CSA survivors showed a smaller decrease in cortisol during sexual arousal than the non-sexually abused, control group potentially due to an increase in cortisol in some of the participants in the CSA group. Physiological sexual arousal was weaker in CSA survivors compared to women with no history of sexual abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms showed characteristics consistent with mediation for the relationship between a history of CSA and inhibited sexual arousal responses.

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“…Because recent research has demonstrated the importance of studying bidimensional acculturation in sexuality research (e.g., Brotto et al, 2005Brotto et al, , 2007Woo & Brotto, 2008;Woo, Brotto, & Yule, 2009b), we examined the effect of both mainstream and heritage acculturation on sexual desire, sexual conservatism, and sex guilt. The findings that greater mainstream acculturation was significantly associated with less sex guilt and that the positive correlation between mainstream acculturation and sexual desire was marginally significant were consistent with recent research on how acculturation, measured bidimensionally, affects East Asian sexuality.…”

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The Role of Sex Guilt in the Relationship Between Culture and Women’s Sexual Desire

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A large body of literature demonstrates that East Asian women report lower sexual desire than Caucasian women. Although most studies have explained these differences by referring to general culture-linked differences in sexual conservatism, none have examined the potential role of specific constructs such as sex guilt. The goals of the current study were to examine the supposition that sexual conservatism mediates the relationship between culture and sexual desire, and to explore the potential mediating role of sex guilt in the link between culture and sexual desire. Caucasian (n = 105) and East Asian (n = 137) female university students completed questionnaires online. Caucasian women reported significantly higher levels of sexual desire, significantly lower levels of sexual conservatism, and significantly less sex guilt. In the entire sample, sexual conservatism and sex guilt separately mediated the relationship between ethnicity and sexual desire such that women with more sex guilt and those who were more sexually conservative reported lower sexual desire. Among the East Asian women, sex guilt, but not sexual conservatism, mediated the relationship between mainstream acculturation (degree of westernization) and sexual desire such that women with more sex guilt reported lower sexual desire. These findings suggest that sex guilt may be one mechanism by which ethnic groups differ in sexual desire.

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Do East Asian and Euro-Canadian Women Differ in Sexual Psychophysiology Research Participation?

Cited by 10 publications

References 50 publications

Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between sympathetic nervous system activation and women's physiological sexual arousal

Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between sympathetic nervous system activation and women's physiological sexual arousal

The cortisol response during physiological sexual arousal in adult women with a history of childhood sexual abuse

The Role of Sex Guilt in the Relationship Between Culture and Women’s Sexual Desire

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