Effects of sex guilt on word association responses to double-entendre sexual words.

Steven Schwartz

doi:10.1037/h0076278

Effects of sex guilt on word association responses to double-entendre sexual words.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1037/h0076278 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 100-100 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Steven Schwartz

Keyword(s):

Word Association ◽

Sex Guilt ◽

Sexual Words

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Latencies of Sexual and Asexual Responses to Double-Entendre Words as a Function of Sex-Guilt and Social Desirability in College Females

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1975.37.3.991 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 991-997 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Barbara J. Kerr ◽

Gary G. Galbraith

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Social Desirability ◽

Sexual Response ◽

College Females ◽

Response Latencies ◽

Personality Variables ◽

Sex Guilt ◽

The Social ◽

Sexual Responses ◽

Sexual Words

A restricted association procedure was used to study females' latencies associated with sexual and asexual responses to double-entendre sexual words. Latencies were also examined relative to two personality variables, sex-guilt and social desirability. The results indicated that sexual responses were accompanied by longer latencies than asexual responses. There was also an interaction between sex-guilt and sexual-asexual response latencies, with subjects of high sex-guilt showing longer latencies of sexual response but not of asexual response. Contrary to prediction, individual differences on the social desirability variable were unrelated to latencies of either sexual or asexual response. The study also outlined a stimulus-encoding model for associations to double-entendre sexual words.

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Latencies of Restricted Associations to Double-Entendre Sexual Words as a Function of Personality Variables

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1976.43.3f.1187 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 43 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1187-1197 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gary G. Galbraith ◽

Robert H. Wynkoop

Keyword(s):

Social Desirability ◽

Sexual Response ◽

Response Latencies ◽

Personality Variables ◽

Sex Guilt ◽

Sexual Responses ◽

Sexual Words ◽

The Way

Sexually avoidant and non-avoidant subjects as defined by the personality constructs of sex-guilt, social desirability, and repression-sensitization were required to give both sexual and asexual responses to the same set of sexual double-entendre words. With the exception of the repression-sensitization variable, the results were generally in the direction predicted from a stimulus-encoding analysis of the way in which subjects process sexual double-entendre words. In general, sexually avoidant subjects showed longer latencies than non-avoidant subjects when giving sexual responses but not on asexual responses. Likewise, sexual response latencies were significantly longer than asexual response latencies for sex-avoidant but not for sexually non-avoidant subjects. Sexual responses were also uniformly associated with longer latencies than asexual responses.

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