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Shame, sexual compulsivity, and eroticizing flirtatious others: An experimental study

Petrican, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1363-5553, Burris, C.T. and Moscovitch, M. 2013. Shame, sexual compulsivity, and eroticizing flirtatious others: An experimental study. Journal of Sex Research 52 (1) , pp. 98-109. 10.1080/00224499.2013.829796

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Abstract

Clinical observation and correlational studies with nonclinical samples suggest that a linkage between negative affective states (especially shame) and engagement in erotic pursuits typifies sexual compulsivity. The present study tested whether experimental induction of shame leads to increased interest in erotically suggestive targets among more sexually compulsive individuals. A total of 74 age-traditional heterosexual university students first recalled either an emotionally neutral or a shame-inducing personal experience, then completed a nonpredictive gaze-cueing task featuring flirtatious or emotionally neutral faces of the same or opposite sex. They also rated the faces’ attractiveness and completed a validated sexual compulsivity scale and two control measures (executive control, sociosexuality). Higher (versus lower) sexual compulsivity predicted weaker gaze-triggered attentional orienting in response to the flirtatious opposite-sex face in the shame (versus neutral) condition, and this was accounted for by (higher) attractiveness ratings of the flirtatious opposite-sex face. Shame thus appears to increase sexualization (i.e., reduces salience of agentic features and increases appeal of physical attributes) of erotically suggestive targets among more sexually compulsive individuals.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles
ISSN: 0022-4499
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2023 02:36
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128630

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