Coslar, Sarah Dorothea (2022) Sexual Frustration, Binary Gender, And Coercion: A Mixed-Method Experimental Study. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Background: As the #metoo movement sadly reviled, sexual coercion is common in the normal population. To understand underlying mechanisms better, we investigated the relationship between sexual frustration and coercion in an online study. Sample: Participants (N = 116) were at least 18 years old; mean age was 21.14 (3.63). Seventy-five percent of participants were university students. On average, participants (59.48% female) reported identifying as primarily heterosexual, having had intercourse within the last two weeks, and sometimes experiencing orgasmic difficulties. Method: We assigned the participants to a control condition (satiation group) or an experimental condition (frustration group). The satiation group was instructed to masturbate until climax while watching a pornographic video. The frustration group was instructed not to climax. Afterwards, all participants reported whether they orgasmed and what their level of sexual arousal, disgust, and frustration was. Finally, they filled out the Tactics to Obtain Sex Scale (Camilleri et al., 2009) which proposes coaxing and coercive behaviors in a hypothetical scenario. Results: A two-way ANOVA estimating effects of CONDITION (F (1,110) = 0.046, p = 0.830, ω2 = 0.000), GENDER (F (1,110) = 0.347, p = 0.557, ω2 = 0.000), and their interaction (F (1,110) = 0.528, p = 0.469, ω2 = 0.000) on coercion was non-significant. Discussion & Conclusion: We could not find evidence in favor of our hypotheses that sexual frustration and male gender predict coercion. Possible explanations for our results are presented. The relationship between sexual arousal, frustration, and coercion seems to be more complex than previously assumed. Keywords: Sexual coercion, sexual frustration, gender effect, sexual arousal
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Borg, C. and Lakhsassi, L. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 11:43 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 11:43 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1424 |
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