Implicit sexual cognitions in women with ambiphilic sexual attractions: A comparison to androphilic and gynephilic women

Snowden, Robert J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-480X, Gray, Nicola S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-8118 and Uzzell, Katie S. 2024. Implicit sexual cognitions in women with ambiphilic sexual attractions: A comparison to androphilic and gynephilic women. Archives of Sexual Behavior 53 , pp. 141-152. 10.1007/s10508-023-02727-y

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Abstract

Previous research using indirect cognitive measures (sometimes referred to as implicit measures) of sexual attraction have shown that women who are attracted to men (androphilic women) show category non-specific responses, whereas those who are attracted to women (gynephilic) show a category-specific bias to women. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether women who explicitly report approximately equal attraction to men and women (ambiphilic) would show similar non-category specific attraction at this implicit level or whether their responses would be more similar to those of gynephilic women. An implicit association task and a priming task were given to 169 women alongside measures of their self-labelled sexual orientation and an explicit measure of their sexual attraction to men and women. The results replicated previous findings of little bias towards either gender in androphilic women and of a strong bias towards females in gynephilic women. The ambiphilic women also showed a strong bias towards females. The findings clearly show that early automatic associations to sex are biased towards females in ambiphilic women and are not consistent with their explicit statements of preference.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0004-0002
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 October 2023
Date of Acceptance:	16 October 2023
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2024 15:40
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163527

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