GENDER, SOCIOSEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND PERSONALITY TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEX
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https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2020.2.149-167Keywords:
attitudes towards sex, gender differences, personality traits, sociosexual orientationAbstract
The aim of the present study was to examine relations among gender, personality traits, and a behavioral component of sociosexual orientation on the one hand, and four dimensions of attitudes towards sex on the other hand. Participants (N = 266) from the general population of Serbia completed Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI), the brief Sexual Attitudes Scale (BSAS) and Big Five Plus Two, shorten version (BF+2). Results pointed to a very modest contribution of gender to the prediction of sexual attitudes. Small effects of openness on instrumentality, extraversion on communion, and neuroticism on permissiveness were noted, and sociosexual orientation predicted all these three dimensions of attitudes towards sex. Results also indicated a significant effect of interaction between neuroticism and gender, as well as a positive valence and gender on instrumental attitude towards sex. The relationship in both cases was positive for males and negative for females.
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Barnes, G. E., Malamuth, N. M., & Cheek, J. V. P. (1984). Personality and sexuality. Personality and Individual Differences, 5(2), 159–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191–8869(84)90048–5
Baumeister, R. F. (2000). Gender differences in erotic plasticity: The female sex drive as socially flexible and responsive. Psychological Bulletin, 126(3), 347–374. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033–2909.126.3.347
Baumeister, R. F., Catanese, K. R., & Vohs, K. D. (2001). Is there a gender difference in strength of sex drive? Theoretical views, conceptual distinctions, and a review of relevant evidence. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5(3), 242–272. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327957PSPR0503_5
Braun–Courville, D. K., & Rojas, M. (2009). Exposure to sexually explicit web sites and adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviors. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(2), 156–162. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.12.004
Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (1993). Sexual Strategies Theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating. Psychological Review, 100(2), 204–232. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033–295X.100.2.204
Cann, A., Mangum, J. L., & Wells, M. (2001). Distress in response to relationship infidelity: The roles of gender and attitudes about relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 38(3), 185–190. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490109552087
Clark, A. P. (2006). Are the correlates of sociosexuality different for men and women? Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 1321–1327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.05.006
Čolović, P., Smederevac, S., & Mitrović, D. (2014). Velikih pet plus dva: validacija skraćene verzije. ["Big Five Plus Two" questionnaire: Validation of a short version.] Primenjena psihologija, 7, 227–254. https://doi.org/ 10.19090/pp.2014.3–1.255–276
Costa, P. T., Fagan, P. J., Piedmont, R. L., Ponticas, Y., & Wise, T. N. (1992). The five-factor model of personality and sexual functioning in outpatient men and women. Psychiatric Medicine, 10(2), 199–215.
Dinić, B., & Knežević, G. (2008). Dimenzije seksualnog ponašanja. Primenjena psihologija, 1, 161–186. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0903357D
Eagly, A. H., & Wood, W. (1999). The origins of sex differences in human behavior: Evolved dispositions versus social roles. American Psychologist, 54(6), 408–423. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003–066X.54.6.408
Ellis, L., Hershberger, S., Field, E., Wersinger, S., Pellis, S., Geary, D., Palmer, C., Hoyenga, K., Hetsroni, A., & Karadi, K. (2008). Sex Differences: Summarizing More than a Century of Scientific Research. Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203838051 eBook ISBN 9780203838051
Heaven, P. C. L., Fitzpatrick, J., Craig, F. L., Kelly, P., & Seber, G. (2000). Five personality factors and sex: preliminary findings. Personality and Individual Differences, 28(6), 1133–1141. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191–8869(99)00163–4
Hendrick, S. S., & Hendrick, C. (1987). Multidimensionality of sexual attitudes. The Journal of Sex Research, 23(4), 502–526. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224498709551387
Hendrick, S. S., & Hendrick, C. (1995). Gender differences and similarities in sex and love attitudes. Personal Relationships, 2(1), 55–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475–6811.1995.tb00077.x
Hendrick, C., Hendrick, S. S. & Reich, D. A. (2006). The Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale. The Journal of Sex Research. 43(1), 76–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490609552301
Hendrick, S., Hendrick, C., Slapion–Foote, M. J., & Foote, F. H. (1985). Gender differences in sexual attitudes. Journal of Personal and Social Psychology, 48(6), 1630–1642. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022–3514.48.6.1630
Hoyle, R. H., Fejfar, M. C., & Miller, J. D. (2000). Personality and sexual risk taking: A quantitative review. Journal of Personality, 68(6), 1203–1231. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467–6494.00132
IBM Corp. Released. (2016). IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 24.0. IBM Corp.
Lameiras Fernandez, M., & Rodriguez Castro, Y. (2003). The Big Five and sexual attitudes in Spanish students. Social Behavior and Personality, 31(4), 357–362. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2003.31.4.357
LeGall, A., Mullet, E., & Riviere–Shafighi, S. (2002). Age, religious beliefs, and sexual attitudes. The Journal of Sex Research, 39(3), 207–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490209552143
Lippa, R. A. (2009). Sex differences in sex drive, sociosexuality, and height across 53 nations: Testing evolutionary and social structural theories. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38(5), 631–651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508–007–9242–8
Meston, C. M., & Buss, D. M. (2007). Why Humans Have Sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36(4), 477–507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508–007–9175–2
Oliver, M. B., & Hyde, J. S. (1993). Gender differences in sexuality: A meta–analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 114(1), 29–51. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033–2909.114.1.29
Ostovich, J. M., & Sabini, J. (2004). How are sociosexuality, sex drive, and lifetime number of sexual partners related? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(10), 1255–1266. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167204264754
Penke, L., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008). Beyond global sociosexual orientations: A more differentiated look at sociosexuality and its effects on courtship and romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(5), 1113–1135. https://doi.org/ 10.1037/0022–3514.95.5.1113
Petersen, J. L., & Hyde, J. S. (2010). A meta–analytic review of research on gender differences in sexuality, 1993–2007. Psychological Bulletin, 136(1), 21–38.
Reise, S. P., & Wright, T. M. (1996). Personality traits, Cluster B personality disorders, and sociosexuality. Journal of Research in Personality, 30, 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1006/jrpe.1996.0009
Schenk, J., & Pfrang, H. (1986). Extraversion, neuroticism, and sexual behavior: Interrelationships in a sample of young men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 15(6), 449–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542309
Schmitt, D. P (2003). Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(1), 85–104. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022–3514.85.1.85
Schmitt, D. P. (2005). Sociosexuality from Argentina to Zimbabwe: A 48–nation study of sex, culture, and strategies of human mating. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(2), 247–311. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05000051
Shafer, A. B. (2001). The big five and sexuality trait terms as predictors of relationships and sex. Journal of Research in Personality, 35(3), 313–338. https://doi.org/10.1006/jrpe.2000.2316
Sheather, S. (2009). A modern approach to regression with R. Springer Science & Business Media.
Simpson, J. A., & Gangestad, S. W. (1991a). Individual differences in sociosexuality: Evidence for convergent and discriminant validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(6), 870–883. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022–3514.60.6.870
Simpson, J. A., & Gangestad, S. W. (1991b). Personality and sexuality: Empirical relations and an integrative theoretical model. In K. McKinney & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Sexuality in close relationships (pp. 71–92). Lawrence Erlbaum
Smederevac, S., Mitrović, D., & Čolović, P. (2010). Velikih pet plus dva: Primena i interpretacija [Big Five Plus Two: Manual for administration and interpretation]. Centar za primenjenu psihologiju.
Sprecher, S., Treger, S., & Sakaluk, J. K. (2013). Premarital sexual standards and sociosexuality: Gender, ethnicity, and cohort differences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42(8), 1395–1405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508–013–0145–6
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2013). Using Multivariate Statistics, 6th ed. Pearson.
Wells, B. E., & Twenge, J. M. (2005). Changes in young people’s sexual behavior and attitudes, 1943–1999: A cross–temporal meta–analysis. Review of General Psychology, 9(3), 249–261. https://doi.org/ 10.1037/1089–2680.9.3.249
Yost, M. R., & Zurbriggen, E. L. (2006). Gender Differences in the Enactment of Sociosexuality: An Examination of Implicit Social Motives, Sexual Fantasies, Coercive Sexual Attitudes, and Aggressive Sexual Behavior. The Journal of Sex Research, 43, 163–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224490609552311
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Trogrlić, A., Oljača, M., Mitrović, D., & Marčeta, N. (2020). GENDER, SOCIOSEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND PERSONALITY TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEX. Primenjena Psihologija, 13(2), 149–167. https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.2020.2.149-167
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