Abstract

SIERRA, Juan Carlos et al. The sexual self-esteem: Its relationship with the sexual arousal. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.25, n.2, pp.146-152. ISSN 0121-4381.  https://doi.org/10.14349/sumapsi.2018.v25.n2.6.

The aim was to analyze the relationship between sexual self-esteem (SSE) and sexual arousal as a trait, as a state and as a component of the sexual response. The sample consisted of 65 heterosexual young people who completed the Sexual Excitation subscale of the Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Excitation Scales-Short Form, the Massachusetts General Hospital Sexual Functioning Questionnaire, and the Sexual Self-esteem subscale of the Brief Sexuality Scale. Participants performed an experimental task where they completed the Ratings of Sexual Arousal and the Ratings of Genital Sensations after visualizing a neutral film and another one with explicit sexual content. The results showed significant associations between SSE and sexual arousal as a trait and as a component of the sexual response. These two types of excitation explained a significant percentage of the SSE (R 2 = 0.19). However, sexual arousal as a state did not correlate to the SSE.

Keywords : sexual self-esteem; sexual arousal; sexual response.

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