Abstract
(1) Background: the relationship between erotic desire and personality factors is still relatively understudied. (2) Objective: to study the influence of the experience of desire, as well as impulsivity in the choice of videos, as the behavioral variable in the experimental trial. (2) Method: the sample consisted of 48 adult subjects, who took part in an experimental study that involved watching videos. (3) Results: the linear regression analysis revealed that the behavior involved in choosing videos is predicted by the sexual desire felt at the time of the trial, and not by stable personality factors, such as impulsivity or general self-report levels of sexual desire. (4) Conclusion: it is observed that the specific moment or situation and the behavior have a bigger impact on the erotic desire experienced at the time of the test than certain personality traits, as well as the previous and habitual levels of erotic desire of which an individual reports.
Highlights
There is currently no consensus on the definition of sexual or erotic desire across the different disciplines and sciences that study it
According to the measuring instrument used in it, this study is based on the understanding of desire furthered by Spector et al [3], who contend that sexual desire refers to the interest a subject shows toward a sexual activity, with the qualification, what’s more, that such an activity is merely cognitive, and measurable through the quantity and strength of the thought sensitive to sexual stimuli
To verify the existing relationship and the predictive capacity between the study variables measured through self-registration tests and the behavioral test, correlation and linear regression analyzes were carried out using the SPSS version 25 program
Summary
There is currently no consensus on the definition of sexual or erotic desire across the different disciplines and sciences that study it. The definitions provided by Kaplan and Guastavino [1] who defined it as the motivational stage of the human sexual response (HSR), and Fuertes [2], who referred to erotic desire as a subjective emotional experience, are some of those that continue to inform professional practice in this field and the scientific study of that construct. Erotic desire has an important place in scientific research, and its studies are related to personal, social, relationship and/or health factors, gauging their importance in quality of life and sexual satisfaction in different contexts and situations. Interest in the field of clinical sexology and psychology focuses on, among other things, the relational factors involved in the activation or
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