NDLI: Who is the “Self” in Self Reports of Sexual Satisfaction? Research and Policy Implications

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	McClelland, Sara I.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Federal policies that guide clinical trial design exert an often unseen influence in people’s lives. Taking a closer look at the US Food and Drug Administration’s guidance in the field of female sexual dysfunction, this paper examines how sexual satisfaction is increasingly used to guide clinical interventions; however, questions remain about the social psychological qualities of this appraisal. The current mixed methods study pairs interview data with close-ended measures of sexual satisfaction in order to examine the cognitive and interpersonal strategies individuals used when they were asked to assess their own sexual satisfaction (N = 41). While researchers often assume that responses in self-report measures are reflections of an intra-individual reflective process, findings demonstrated that women and sexual minority men often reported on their partner’s sexual satisfaction instead of their own. Taking up the question of who is the “self” in self-reports of sexual satisfaction, this study explores the clinical, research, and policy implications of relying on sexual satisfaction as a meaningful indicator of change or well-being in an individual’s life.
Starting Page	304
Ending Page	320
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18689884
Journal	Sexuality Research & Social Policy
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15536610
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-09-23
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Sexual satisfaction Subjectivity Mixed methods Gender LGBT Sexual rights Sexual Behavior Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Gender Studies Health (social science)

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