Analysis of Sexual Inhibition and Satisfaction from a Gender Perspective among University Students

Samuel P. León, Cristina Abengózar Sánchez, José María Augusto-Landa and Inmaculada García-Martínez
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Samuel P. León: Department of Pedagogy, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Cristina Abengózar Sánchez: Department of Pedagogy, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
José María Augusto-Landa: Department of Psychology, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Inmaculada García-Martínez: Department of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-12

Abstract: University is characterized by a critical stage where students experience their sexuality, across a range of relationships. From these experiences, university students consolidate their personality and their sexual role. Factors such as age, sex, or traumatic experiences of violence or sexual abuse can affect their sexual role. The present study aims to analyze how the variables age, sex and having suffered abuse or violence may predict sexual satisfaction and inhibition. In addition, we analyze the mediating effect that sexual role plays on these relationships. For this purpose, Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI-12), Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R), Inhibited Sexual Desire Test (ISD) and New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NESS) were administered to 403 university students. The findings report that sex (? = ?0.313), age (? = ?0.116) and being a survivor of sexual assault (? = 0.413) are predictive of male role, but not from the female role. Also, people with more male features tend to have lower levels of commitment and inhibition than those who have more female ones.

Keywords: sexual violence; university students; sexual inhibition; sexual satisfaction; sex role (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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