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Asexuality: Classification and Characterization
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The term "asexual" has been defined in many different ways and asexuality has received very little research attention. In a small qualitative study (N = 4), individuals who self-identified as asexual were interviewed to help formulate hypotheses for a larger study. The second larger study was an online survey drawn from a convenience sample designed to better characterize asexuality and to test predictors of asexual identity. A convenience sample of 1,146 individuals (N = 41 self-identified asexual) completed online questionnaires assessing sexual history, sexual inhibition and excitation, sexual desire, and an open-response questionnaire concerning asexual identity. Asexuals reported significantly less desire for sex with a partner, lower sexual arousability, and lower sexual excitation but did not differ consistently from non-asexuals in their sexual inhibition scores or their desire to masturbate. Content analyses supported the idea that low sexual desire is the primary feature predicting asexual identity.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Prause, N., & Graham, C. A.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Graham, Cynthia A.
- Venue
- Archives of Sexual Behavior
- Published
- 2007-03-08
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 341-356
- ISSN
- 0004-0002 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2800
- OpenAlex
- W2159834601
- Cited by
- 225
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- bura.brunel.ac.uk
- Locations
- Archives of Sexual Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London) (submittedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Keywords
- asexuality, asexual identity, sexual desire, sexual inhibition, sexual excitation, masturbation, sexual history
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Arousal, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Sexual Abstinence, Sexuality, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
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