Range Of Sexual Behaviors Research Articles

Reproduction behavior and performance of beef cattle herd in free ranging environment of "Warta Mouth" national park

The observations conducted on a herd of beef cattle, extensively free grazed, demonstrated that cows in oestrus, breeding bulls (sires) and young bulls showed a wide range of sexual behavior. In the cow-cow relation mutual mounting was a standard sexual behavior, confirmed by 88.9% of observations. In the relation between sire and cow in oestrus, of the four forms of activity initiated by the cow, rubbing against a sire and mounting him was recorded in 100% of observations. The evaluation of the activity of the sire in relation to a cow in oestrus covered seven behavioral forms, of which as standard one may consider: sniffing and rubbing against, tasting the cow?s urine and mounting in an attempt at a sexual act, while mounting ended by a sexual act was not always the standard - 88.9% of observations. Young bulls manifested their sexual behavior by sniffing the cow in oestrus, often attempting to mount, following the sire and being always driven away. Driving away of the rival by a dominant sire was a standard behavior in relations between sires remaining close to a cow in oestrus. During the three year period of studies calving rate averaged 96.5%, while losses of calves as still born or dead during the first day after birth reached 1.5%. The best calving ratio was recorded for Salers cows (98.7%), while beef crossbred, Limousine, Hereford and Simmental cows demonstrated similar results (96.3-97.9%), and cows of the Charolais breed performed significantly (P?0.01) poorer (94.1%). Moreover, in the group of Charolais cows the largest percentage of still born calves (2.3%) was demonstrated.

Associations Between Religiosity and Sexuality in a Representative Sample of Australian Adults

Many studies have examined the influence on sexual attitudes and behavior of religious belief (i.e., religious denomination) or religiosity (e.g., attendance at services, subjective importance of religion). However, few studies have examined the combined effects of religion and religiosity on sexual attitudes and behavior. This study examined such effects in a representative sample of 19,307 Australians aged 16-59 years (response rate, 73.1%). The study compared members of four religious groups (Protestant, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim) and two levels of frequency of attendance at religious service (less than monthly, at least monthly). Religious participants were compared to their non-religious peers in analyses adjusted for potential confounding by demographic variables. The outcomes were five sexual behaviors and five corresponding measures of sexual attitudes. The study revealed inconsistent patterns of association between religion/religiosity and a range of sexual behaviors and attitudes. In general, greater attendance at religious services was associated with more conservative patterns of behavior and attitudes. However, religious people who attended services infrequently were more similar to their non-religious peers than their more religious peers. The results of this study highlight the importance of considering not only religion or religiosity, but the intersection between these two variables.

Discount rates and risky sexual behaviors among teenagers and young adults

This article examines the relationship between personal discount rates and sexual behaviors in a sample of teenagers and young adults. We find that higher discount rates (an indication of less willingness to forego current consumption for future consumption) are significantly associated with a range of sexual behaviors, including ever having sex, having sex before age 16 years, and past or current pregnancy. These associations are consistent with previous studies showing a link between discounting and other, non-sexual health behaviors.

Religious differentials in the sexual and reproductive behaviors of young women in the United States

Purpose To examine whether religious involvement and affiliation during early adolescence is associated with reduced levels of sexual risk. Methods We used nationally representative data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to examine the relationship between religious affiliation and frequency of attendance at religious services at age 14 years and a range of sexual behaviors among women aged 15–24 years, including age of first intercourse, contraceptive use, timing of first family planning visit, timing of birth, and number of sexual partners. The majority of young women had mothers with at least a high school education (79%) and had been living with both parents at age 14 (57%). Two-thirds of the sample was white, 12% Hispanic, and 15% black, and a substantial minority is poor (18%) or low-income (24%). We used bivariate analysis to describe variation in behavior according to religious affiliation and frequency of attendance. We used multivariate techniques to assess the role of religion once other factors are taken into account. Results Bivariate relationships suggest that both affiliation and attendance are associated with age of first sex, contraceptive use at first sex, teen births, and number of sexual partners. However, most of these associations disappear once we control for young women’s demographic characteristics. Multivariate analyses show that religious affiliation shares few associations with sexual behaviors, though frequent attendance at religious services at age 14 years continues to have a strong delaying effect on the timing of first intercourse. Conclusion Frequency of attendance and religious affiliation have little impact on sexual behaviors once intercourse occurs.

Assessing sexual behavior in high-risk adolescents with the adolescent clinical sexual behavior inventory (ACSBI).

This study examined the reliability and validity of the Adolescent Clinical Sexual Behavior Inventory (ACSBI), a new 45-item measure, designed to elicit parent-and self-report regarding a range of sexual behaviors in high-risk adolescents. Using this measure, this study also investigated predictors of adolescent sexual behavior. Participants were 174 adolescents and their parents consecutively admitted to one of three clinical settings (i.e., inpatient treatment, partial hospital program, and outpatient clinic). Parent-and self-reports of adolescent sexual behavior were moderately correlated, and there was a strong relationship between high-risk sexual behavior and adolescent emotional and behavioral problems, as well as sexual concerns, distress, and preoccupation. In addition to sexual abuse, physical abuse, life stress, and impaired family relationships also significantly predicted sexual behavior in adolescents.

Assessing reliability of early adolescent girls' reports of romantic and sexual behavior.

Increasing rates of HIV among urban adolescents have raised concerns about their participation in sexual risk behaviors. The accuracy of adolescents' sexual reports is critical to the assessment of risk, which may later guide the development of public policy, interventions, and education efforts. The data presented here are part of a larger study on a range of sexual behaviors and cognitions believed to be important regarding adolescent girls' sexual choices and decision-making. Our goal here was to assess the test-retest reliability of early adolescent girls' reports of their romantic and sexual experiences. This information will contribute to our limited information base regarding sexuality research with early adolescents. Fifty urban African American and Latina girls between the ages of 12 and 14 years were recruited from community settings around New York City. A battery of sexual behavior and sexual cognition measures was administered by interviewers at two time points separated by a 3-week interval. Results indicated that the girls were highly reliable in reporting their sexual experiences, especially those experiences related to age of first romantic and sexual milestone experiences.

Male Bisexuality and HIV Risk

Summary The HIV epidemic has led to extensive research on sexual behaviors, and our knowledge of the range of sexual behaviors in which people engage has grown considerably. In this review, we examine the theoretical and empirical literature to consider the relationship between male bisexual behavior and HIV risk. We cover theories of bisexual behavior and critique methods used to study populations of bisexual men. We then provide a brief overview of data on the prevalence of bisexual behavior, HIV infection, and AIDS cases, the prevalence and determinants of HIV-risk behaviors, and the emerging findings on prevention approaches. A range of research methods, including ethnography and other qualitative methods, population-based studies, and surveys of targeted samples, will be necessary to fully address the HIV-prevention needs of bisexual men. Although the continued study of individual-level factors is important, a focus on social structural-level factors that may encourage the expression of bisexual behavior or HIV-related risk is also necessary. Basic research on bisexuality, conducted outside the context of HIV research, as well as additional HIV-related research on populations of behaviorally bisexual men, is needed to continue to add to the knowledge base in this area.

The lovemap guidebook: a definitive statement

This text is based on the author's theory of the lovemap, which is a mental template of a person's idealized erotic or sex life. It covers so called paraphilias, formerly known as fetishes, and a range of sexual behaviour, from normal eccentricities to the pathological.

Interpartner concordance of self‐reported sexual behavior among college dating couples

The interpartner concordance of self‐reported sexual behavior among college dating couples (N = 119 couples, total N = 238) was assessed using self‐administered questionnaires. Moderate to high agreement (≥ 75%) was found for (a) a range of sexual behaviors, including all types of penetrative intercourse; (b) behaviors related to vaginal and oral intercourse (e.g., condom use, alcohol use); and (c) pregnancy‐prevention discussion. Partners' reports of when they first met, first dated, and began steadily and exclusively dating were significantly correlated (all ps < .001). In contrast, less agreement was observed for the occurrence of safer sex discussion beyond pregnancy prevention (e.g., past sexual histories; < 75%) and sexual behaviors involving the anus and men's genitals (< 60%), primarily because of men's failure to report these behaviors. Participants had moderate awareness of their partner's attitudes toward casual sex, but low awareness of their attitudes toward condom use and sexual responsibility. Greater concordance about sexual and safer sex behavior was generally present in couples in which the male partner was younger and had a restricted sociosexuality. Men who were virgins prior to their current relationship and/or who had specifically discussed the woman's past sexual history had greater knowledge about their partner's past and concurrent sexual behavior. Methodological and applied implications of these findings for both clinical and empirical sexuality domains are discussed.

Religion and Coping with Sexual Impotence in Later Life

ABSTRACT Eighty-three elderly men with sexual impotence attending a university-affiliated urology clinic underwent psychological evaluations. Religious conservatives and frequent church attenders showed a greater prevalence of help-seeking behaviors; they were also more likely to perceive their partners as supportive of their attempts to get help for impotence problems. There was no evidence that either religious affiliation or activity buffered against the psycho-logical stresses conferred by sexual dysfunction. Moreover, religious conservatives and frequent attenders were more restricted in the range of sexual behaviors they used to facilitate arousal and maximize partner satisfaction. These Findings may help guide clinicians and counselors called on to address male sexual dysfunction among the religious elderly.

Predictors of high risk sexual behaviour in gay and bisexual men.

Evidence of high risk sex between gay men continues to be reported, as does a range of sexual behaviour. Three hundred and sixty-nine homosexually active men from different areas of England were each assessed twice at an an interval of 9 months in order to examine the extent to which a number of social-psychological factors predicted subsequent high risk sexual behaviour. Few of the variables were significantly related to unprotected receptive anal sex in the way that the Health Belief Model predicted, except for some perceptions of costs and benefits of safer sex. However, whether or not men were involved in a regular relationship with a partner was strongly associated with high risk behaviour. The implications of these results are that health education interventions should focus on alerting all men to the social context in which high risk sex is more likely to happen: the regular partnership.

Life Stages, Gender and Fertility in Bangladesh.

This pioneering study describes the psychological development and gender role expectations in the various life stages of an individual in Bangladeshi culture and relates these stages to sexual and reproductive behavior. The authors both anthropologists examined the topical life histories of 65 male and female respondents from 5 contiguous villages in Matlab Thana. These personal histories form the basis for chapters on stages of life childhood and psychosexual development adolescence and gender roles adulthood and gender roles sexual relations outside marriage range of sexual behavior and reciprocal relationships within the life cycle. Then fertility is examined from an anthropological perspective in the final chapters on cultural factors and fertility fertility control and the stages of life traditional communication and knowledge of sex and family life education. At least hal of the life history respondents expressed support for family planning and modern methods. Maximum fertility is prevented in the 2nd half of womens reproductive years by traditional mechanisms such as self-restraint absence of spouse occasional abstention and rhythm. The use of modern contraception is supported on the grounds of avoiding economic hardship maintaining mental peace and leading a happy life. The most useful approach for family planning field workers seems to be to get to know the men of the village in public places then the older women and finally the young women establishing at each stage the confidence and fictive kinship relationship appropriate. In this way communication is possible without challenging deeply rooted distinctions of gender roles and life stages.

AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR A THEORY OF CLASS DIFFERENCES IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

The research reported is based on an analysis of anonymous questionnaire data received from 72 Ss who were students at a southern public university. Ss filled out questionnaires at their leisure and returned them in sealed envelopes. A wide range of sexual behaviors and fantasies were self-reported by Ss including oral-genital sex, genital sex, homosexuality, bondage, sadomasochism, partialism, incest, pederasty, oralism, scatological acts, number of sexual partners, and premarital intercourse. The resulting data were presented in tabular form and compared with earlier national data sets. It was also noted that often fairly strong measures of association emerged in a positive direction between socioeconomic status and participation in (and/or approval of) “deviant” sexual behaviors.