An exploration of genital arousal category-specificity and sexual concordance in men and women

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dc.contributor.authorSuschinsky, Kelly D.
dc.contributor.supervisorLalumière, Martin L.
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-03T04:29:21Z
dc.date.available2012-12-03T04:29:21Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology
dc.degree.fieldArts and Science
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy
dc.degree.levelPhD
dc.degree.subfieldSciences
dc.descriptionxvi, 212 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThere are substantial differences between the sexual arousal patterns of men and women. Men’s genital and subjective sexual arousal are category-specific; different sexual stimuli elicit different degrees of arousal. Women’s subjective sexual arousal is also categoryspecific, but their genital arousal is category-nonspecific; different sexual stimuli produce similar arousal. Men also exhibit a high concordance or correlation between their genital and subjective arousal, whereas women exhibit much lower sexual concordance. I conducted five studies with 219 participants to further explore these sex differences and test different explanations for their occurrence. The results confirm the existence and stability of sex differences in arousal patterns, provide support for a functional explanation of the sex difference in genital category-specificity, provide mixed support for an informationprocessing model of sexual arousal in relation to sexual concordance, and provide no support for the notion that sexual concordance is another manifestation of sex differences in interoception.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3229
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.librarysymbolALU
dc.organizationUniversity of Lethbridge
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology, 2012en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectSexual excitementen_US
dc.subjectSex differencesen_US
dc.subjectSex (Biology)en_US
dc.subjectSex (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectMen -- Sexual behavioren_US
dc.subjectWomen -- Sexual behavioren_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleAn exploration of genital arousal category-specificity and sexual concordance in men and womenen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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