Is Sexual Attraction Independent of the Instrumental and Expressive Traits?

Fernández, Juan; Quiroga, Macarena Ángel; Olmo, Isabel Del

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“…This may be why scientific studies on love have increased since the 1960s, and especially as of the 1980s (Alberoni, 1990;Barrón, Martínez-Íñigo, De Paúl, & Yela, 1999;Bauman, 2005;Bloom, 1967;Carreño, 1991;Fisher, 1992;Lampert, 1997;Sangrador, 1993;Sternberg, 1988Sternberg, , 1998Sternberg & Barnes, 1988;Sternberg & Grajek, 1984;Sternberg & Weis, 2006;Yela, 2000Yela, , 2006. Something similar occurred with the studies on the psychology of sexual behavior (Fernández, Quiroga, & Del Olmo, 2006;Wiseman, 1976), a behavior that is a fundamental component of love (Critelli, Myers, & Loos, 1986).…”

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Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

2009

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Love has been a recurrent topic throughout history, and especially, literature. Moreover, there is generalized agreement about its relevance for health emotional well-being, and quality of life. This study was carried out with a sample of 376 persons with ID. The goals of the work were to analyze a theoretical model of love in people with intellectual disabilities by means of the methodology of structural equations, and to analyze their perception of love and of amorous relations with regard to other aspects such as amorous satisfaction, perceived satisfaction, absence of family interference, self-determination, and emotional well-being. The results revealed that (a) the construct under study has three factors: Commitment, stability, and idealization, Passion and physiological excitement, and Intimacy and romanticism; (b) the perception of love in this collective is, in general, idealized and affected by the context; and (c) self-determination and the lack of family interference are relevant variables to explain both love and emotional well-being.El amor ha sido un tema de estudio recurrente a través de la historia y, especialmente, en la literatura. Además, existe un acuerdo generalizado sobre su relevancia para la salud, el bienestar emocional y la calidad de vida. Este estudio se llevó a cabo con una muestra de 376 personas con discapacidad intelectual. Los objetivos del trabajo fueron analizar un modelo teórico del amor en personas con discapacidad intelectual por medio de la metodología de ecuaciones estructurales, y analizar su percepción del amor y de las relaciones amorosas en relación con otros aspectos tales como la satisfacción amorosa, la satisfacción percibida, la ausencia de intromisión familiar, la autodeterminación y el bienestar emocional. Los resultados pusieron de manifiesto que (a) el constructo estudiado comprende tres factores: Compromiso, estabilidad e idealización, Pasión y excitación fisiológica e Intimidad y romanticismo; (b) la percepción del amor en este colectivo está, en general, idealizado e influenciado por el contexto, y (c) la autodeterminación y la falta de intromisión familiar son variables relevantes para explicar tanto el amor como el bienestar emocional. Palabras clave: amor, personas con discapacidad intelectual, bienestar emocional, modelos de ecuaciones estructurales

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Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

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“…The internal consistency values obtained till now are high for both scales: Attraction to Men and Attraction to Women (α = .98 and α = .97, respectively, in diverse studies and for different versions of the SAQ, 22 items and 17 items). The cluster and factor analyses carried out with the different versions of the SAQ have corroborated the hypothesis of one bipolar factor or-conceptually, the same-two inversely related factors, according to various studies (Fernández et al, 2006b;Fernández, Quiroga, & Rodríguez, 2006).…”

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“…The starting point of this approach is apparent sexual dimorphism, whose explanatory mechanisms are relatively well-known. These authors showed that (a) men and women from all societies are capable of differentiating sexual dimorphism with no difficulty, even from a very early age; (b) a high percentage of men feel sexual attraction to women, just as women are attracted to men; (c) some percentage of men and women display dual attraction (towards both sexes); (d) some percentage are attracted to people of the same sex; and (e) a minimal percentage of men and women display no apparent sexual attraction towards either of the sexes (Busseri, Willoughby, Chalmers, & Bogaert, 2008;D'Augelli & Patterson, 2001;Diamond, 1993;Fernández, Quiroga, & Del Olmo, 2006a, 2006bLippa, 2007;Omoto & Kurtzman, 2006). Considering the large percentage of men attracted to women and of women attracted to men, in our time and our societies, these authors infer that sexual attraction can be operationalized by means of two clusters of items, defined either as a function of the object of attraction (attraction to women and to men), or as the specificity of their content (thoughts-cognitive aspect-, feelings-emotional aspect-, behaviors-observable FERNÁNDEZ, QUIROGA, DEL OLMO, BUIZZA, AND IMBASCIATI aspect,-and social image-hetero-appraisal aspect).…”

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Temporal Stability and Cross-National Consistency of the Dimensional Structure of the Sexual Attraction Questionnaire (SAQ)

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The Sexual Attraction Questionnaire (SAQ) was designed to measure sexual attraction (Fernández, Quiroga, & Rodríguez, 2006), because the current questionnaires were considered inadequate. The purpose of this research was to test whether the SAQ factors remain meaningful after several years (stability) and whether the Italian version is equivalent to the Spanish one (consistency). Three groups of university students participated: two from Spain (n = 182 and 255, respectively) and one from Italy (n = 293). The Spanish groups were tested with a 7-year interval (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008). The Italian group was tested in 2008. The main hypotheses were to test, across time interval and countries: (a) factor congruence, (b) predictive power of factors (proportion of variance accounted for), and (c) scale reliability. Sexual attraction typology also was analyzed, within and between countries, to test the validity of the underlying theoretical model. The results obtained show that the SAQ factor structure remains the same, the resulting factors have high predictive power, and the SAQ scales are highly reliable. Sexual dimorphism and sexual attraction typology are highly associated, thus validating the underlying theoretical model. Keywords: sexual attraction, sexual orientation, sexual typology, factor congruence and stability, cross-national studies.El Cuestionario de Atracción Sexual (CAS) se creó para valorar la atracción sexual (Fernández, Quiroga, & Rodríguez, 2006) debido a la ausencia de instrumentos específicos. Se pretende analizar ahora si la estructura dimensional del CAS permanece estable con el paso del tiempo y si es semejante en la versión italiana. Participaron tres grupos de estudiantes universitarios: dos españoles (182 y 255) y uno italiano (293). Los datos del primer grupo español se obtuvieron en 2001 y los del segundo en 2008, junto con los del grupo italiano. Las hipótesis se centran en analizar: (a) la congruencia de las estructuras factoriales; (b) el poder predictivo de los factores (proporción de varianza explicada) y (c) la fiabilidad de las escalas del CAS, tanto entre países como entre los dos momentos temporales. Además, para poner a prueba la validez del modelo teórico subyacente, se analiza la semejanza en la tipología de la atracción sexual intra e inter-países. Los resultados muestran que la estructura factorial del CAS se mantiene, sus factores poseen un alto poder predictivo y las escalas gozan de alta fiabilidad. El dimorfismo sexual y la tipología de atracción sexual están altamente relacionados, lo que apoya la validez del modelo teórico subyacente. Palabras clave: atracción sexual, orientación sexual, tipología sexual, congruencia y estabilidad factorial, estudios interpaíses.

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“…In view of these results, we may conclude that, in the different countries analyzed to date (Spain, Italy & Peru), the assumptions underlying the elaboration of SAQ are ratified. This means that sexual attraction is shown in behaviors, thoughts, feelings and social image, organized around the two considered objects of attraction: women and men (Fernández et al, 2006;Fernández et al, 2006b;Fernández et al, 2009). Given that SAQ maintains its psychometric properties across the different countries evaluated to date, researchers may now substitute the single question on sexual attraction by an instrument that enables taking different facets of sexual attraction into account: thoughts, feelings, actions and social image (Busseri et al, 2008;Galliher et al, 2004;Giovazolias & Davis, 2001;Lippa, 2006;Rostosky et al, 2003).…”

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“…Exploratory factor analyzes carried out with different versions of the SAQ support the hypothesis of two inversely related factors. However, in some cases, only a single bipolar factor has appeared (Fernández et al, 2006;Fernández, Quiroga, & Del Olmo, 2006b;Fernández et al, 2009).…”

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Dimensionality and Transcultural Specificity of the Sexual Attraction Questionnaire (SAQ)

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Sexual attraction was considered a component of sexual orientation from the beginning of the second half of the 20th century to present times. However, some recent researchers have studied sexual attraction as an independent field measuring it by the Sexual Attraction Questionnaire (SAQ). This study analyzes sexual attraction through the SAQ in 400 university students from a Peruvian catholic university. These participants −191 women and 209 men- show a very diverse curricular background. The following hypotheses were tested: a) the structure of the SAQ, pointing out two concepts: attraction to men and attraction to women; b) the high inverse correlation between these two concepts or factors; c) the specific impact of this context in sexual attraction: higher percentage of attracted by none of the sexes and lower percentage of attracted to the opposite sex, in comparison with other contexts; and d) the Lippa prediction (2006, 2007), regarding a higher polarization of sexual attraction for men than for women. Results support the first three hypotheses. Clarifications are laid down with regard to the fourth one. Discussion focuses on theoretical and applied advantages of using the SAQ as opposed to the frequent use of a single item of sexual attraction for each sex.

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Is Sexual Attraction Independent of the Instrumental and Expressive Traits?

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

Temporal Stability and Cross-National Consistency of the Dimensional Structure of the Sexual Attraction Questionnaire (SAQ)

Dimensionality and Transcultural Specificity of the Sexual Attraction Questionnaire (SAQ)

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