1. Gillen, M. M., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Shearer, C. L. (2006). “Does Body Image Play a Role in
Risky Sexual Behavior and Attitudes?” Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 35(2), 230-242. doi:10.1007/s10964-005-9005-6
This article focuses on how body image and an individual’s sexuality are associated. Topics covered include risky sexual behaviors, attitudes towards sexuality, body image, attitudes about condoms, and sexual double standard attitudes. The article explains how body image is just as much a factor that goes into an individual’s sexuality as religious beliefs, culture, ethnicity, and gender roles do. This study focuses primarily on how an individual’s body image affects their sexual tendencies including how often they engage in …show more content…
Researchers used the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory Sexual Attitudes subscale, the revised Sexual Opinion Survey, and the female version of the Sexual Dysfunction Beliefs Questionnaire. The study resulted in finding that the more liberal a woman’s sexual attitude, the more likely it was that she engaged in more frequent sexual activities than a women who scored as more conservative in her sexual attitude. In addition, the more liberal a woman scored with her sexual attitudes, her body image was reported as being far more positive than a woman who scored as more conservative in her sexual attitudes. Women who had more liberal sexual attitudes were also more inclined to engage in more frequent, promiscuous sexual behavior. The researchers also discovered that a woman with a more negative body image would be less likely to achieve an orgasm due to distracting thoughts about her body looks while in the midst of sexual activities. In relation to the importance of this article in relation to my research study, this article shows that body image continues to be a significant factor in the sexual activities that people chose to engage in and could possibly be a contributing factor that is leading to the growing number of women diagnosed with …show more content…
Researchers used scales including the Body Image Satisfaction Subscale, the History of Sexual behaviors and Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviors Subscale, and the Frequency and Perceived Self-Efficacy in Condom Use Scale in their determination of the students’ levels of body image and the reported sexual activities that they reported taking part of. Researchers found that students who reported a more positive body image were significantly more likely to engage in sexual activities and that female participants with a positive body image are less likely to experience sexual activity avoidance. The researchers highlighted that a negative body image leads to an increase in risky sexual activities. In their research, the researchers highlighted the dangers of the sexually active youth, which included STIs and unwanted pregnancy. Of the STIs, the center of Disease Control reported in 2006 that HPV was the most commonly contracted STI in youth years 15 to 24. The CDC also reports that by age 25, one in two sexually active youth contracts some form of sexually transmitted infection. The aim of this study was to determine a correlation between body image and likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behavior such as not using a condom in order to better identify ways to limit risky sexual behaviors in the high-risk population of
Risky Sexual Behavior and Attitudes?” Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 35(2), 230-242. doi:10.1007/s10964-005-9005-6
This article focuses on how body image and an individual’s sexuality are associated. Topics covered include risky sexual behaviors, attitudes towards sexuality, body image, attitudes about condoms, and sexual double standard attitudes. The article explains how body image is just as much a factor that goes into an individual’s sexuality as religious beliefs, culture, ethnicity, and gender roles do. This study focuses primarily on how an individual’s body image affects their sexual tendencies including how often they engage in …show more content…
Researchers used the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory Sexual Attitudes subscale, the revised Sexual Opinion Survey, and the female version of the Sexual Dysfunction Beliefs Questionnaire. The study resulted in finding that the more liberal a woman’s sexual attitude, the more likely it was that she engaged in more frequent sexual activities than a women who scored as more conservative in her sexual attitude. In addition, the more liberal a woman scored with her sexual attitudes, her body image was reported as being far more positive than a woman who scored as more conservative in her sexual attitudes. Women who had more liberal sexual attitudes were also more inclined to engage in more frequent, promiscuous sexual behavior. The researchers also discovered that a woman with a more negative body image would be less likely to achieve an orgasm due to distracting thoughts about her body looks while in the midst of sexual activities. In relation to the importance of this article in relation to my research study, this article shows that body image continues to be a significant factor in the sexual activities that people chose to engage in and could possibly be a contributing factor that is leading to the growing number of women diagnosed with …show more content…
Researchers used scales including the Body Image Satisfaction Subscale, the History of Sexual behaviors and Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviors Subscale, and the Frequency and Perceived Self-Efficacy in Condom Use Scale in their determination of the students’ levels of body image and the reported sexual activities that they reported taking part of. Researchers found that students who reported a more positive body image were significantly more likely to engage in sexual activities and that female participants with a positive body image are less likely to experience sexual activity avoidance. The researchers highlighted that a negative body image leads to an increase in risky sexual activities. In their research, the researchers highlighted the dangers of the sexually active youth, which included STIs and unwanted pregnancy. Of the STIs, the center of Disease Control reported in 2006 that HPV was the most commonly contracted STI in youth years 15 to 24. The CDC also reports that by age 25, one in two sexually active youth contracts some form of sexually transmitted infection. The aim of this study was to determine a correlation between body image and likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behavior such as not using a condom in order to better identify ways to limit risky sexual behaviors in the high-risk population of