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Agreement of self-reported and genital measures of sexual arousal in men and women: a meta-analysis.
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The assessment of sexual arousal in men and women informs theoretical studies of human sexuality and provides a method to assess and evaluate the treatment of sexual dysfunctions and paraphilias. Understanding measures of arousal is, therefore, paramount to further theoretical and practical advances in the study of human sexuality. In this meta-analysis, we review research to quantify the extent of agreement between self-reported and genital measures of sexual arousal, to determine if there is a gender difference in this agreement, and to identify theoretical and methodological moderators of subjective-genital agreement. We identified 132 peer- or academically-reviewed laboratory studies published between 1969 and 2007 reporting a correlation between self-reported and genital measures of sexual arousal, with total sample sizes of 2,505 women and 1,918 men. There was a statistically significant gender difference in the agreement between self-reported and genital measures, with men (r = .66) showing a greater degree of agreement than women (r = .26). Two methodological moderators of the gender difference in subjective-genital agreement were identified: stimulus variability and timing of the assessment of self-reported sexual arousal. The results have implications for assessment of sexual arousal, the nature of gender differences in sexual arousal, and models of sexual response.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., Lalumière, M. L., Laan, E., & Grimbos, T.
- Affiliations
- Queen's University (CA)
- Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (CA)
- University of Lethbridge (CA)
- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Chivers, Meredith L.
- Venue
- Archives of Sexual Behavior
- Published
- 2010-01-05
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 5-56
- ISSN
- 0004-0002 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2800
- PMC
- PMC2811244
- OpenAlex
- W2054026797
- Cited by
- 584
- References
- 225
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Archives of Sexual Behavior (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- sexual arousal, gender differences, stimulus variability, sexual dysfunction assessment, paraphilias
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Male, Self-Assessment, Sexual Behavior, Sex Characteristics
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