Dimensions of Desire: Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in a Study of Female Adolescent Sexuality

Tolman, Deborah L.; Szalacha, Laura A.

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00338.x

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Dimensions of Desire: Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in a Study of Female Adolescent Sexuality

Tolman, Deborah L., Szalacha, Laura A.·1999·Psychology of Women Quarterly

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This study provides an example of how feminist psychology can bridge qualitative and quantitative methods while keeping lived experience at the center of an inquiry. The goal of the study was to begin to understand adolescent girls' experiences of sexual desire. We describe three separate and synergistically related analyses of interviews with 30 adolescent girls. We begin with a qualitative analysis of their voiced experiences of sexual desire; follow with a quantitative analysis of the differences in how urban and suburban girls describe these experiences, assessing the role of reported sexual violation; and conclude with a second qualitative analysis exploring the interaction between social location and reported sexual violation. These three analyses enabled us to understand qualitatively and to quantify interrelated dimensions of desire as described by adolescent girls.

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Authors: Tolman, D. L., & Szalacha, L. A.
Affiliations: Wellesley College (US)
Corresponding author: Tolman, Deborah L.
ORCID: Tolman, Deborah L.
Szalacha, Laura A.
Venue: Psychology of Women Quarterly
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1999-03
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Pages: 7-39
ISSN: 0361-6843 (ISSN-L)
1471-6402
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00338.x
OpenAlex: W2108991306
Cited by: 151
References: 74
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 28.69
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Psychology of Women Quarterly (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Keywords: sexual desire, adolescent girls, feminist psychology, sexual violation, social location, lived experience, qualitative-quantitative integration

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