Harder, Amelie (2023) Definition of Sex and its Relation to Focuses of Pleasure. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Sexual wellbeing is a part of living a healthy life and is increased by pleasurable sex. Focuses on receiving and giving pleasure are thus of importance to examine by research. During this online questionnaire study, self-pleasure focus (SPF) and partner pleasure (PPF) focus are assessed in relation to definition of sex and sexual behaviour. Focusing on either one’s self-pleasure or one’s partner’s pleasure is hypothesised to be correlated to how broad one’s definition of sex is. This definition includes various behaviours outside of penile vaginal intercourse (PVI). Two models were tested, having definition of sex as the IV, self/ partner pleasure focus as the DVs and sexual behaviour (excluding PVI) as a moderator. Results found no significant effects of definition of sex on either SPF or PPF and no moderation by sexual behaviour. Due to methodological shortcomings of the measurements used in this study, further research should look for more reliable measurement tools. SPF and PPF should further be studied to discover what influences them, as this study found definition of sex to not influence them.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jong, P.J. de and Oesterling, C.F. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2023 08:26 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2023 08:26 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2216 |
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