Funcionamiento sexual y personalidad: análisis diferencial en función del género

• Autores: Livia García Pérez, Ignacio Ibáñez Fernández, Borja Romero Martín
• Localización: Análisis y modificación de conducta, ISSN 0211-7339, ISSN-e 2173-6855, Vol. 39, Nº. 159-160, 2013, págs. 39-51
• Idioma: español
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo (pdf)
  • Texto completo
• Resumen
  • español

    El propósito de este estudio fue examinar la relación entre los Cinco Grandes dominios de la personalidad y el funcionamiento sexual, medido con el Multidimensional Sexuality Questionnaire. Se analizan los datos de 165 sujetos. El 58% de ellos eran mujeres (n = 96) y 69 hombres. La edad media era de 26,9 años (DT = 8,18). Los resultados señalan que neuroticismo y extraversión son las dimensiones de personalidad más relevantes en relación con las actitudes sexuales. La extraversión aparece relacionada con una perspectiva positiva de la sexualidad, mientras que el neuroticismo, se relaciona con una negativa. En cuanto a los factores sexuales, las diferencias se centran en estima, preocupación, motivación, ansiedad y control sexual externo, con puntuaciones superiores en hombres que en mujeres. En general, las relaciones entre personalidad y los factores sexuales, parecen estar moduladas por el género. Estos resultados muestran la importancia del estudio de las relaciones entre personalidad y funcionamiento sexual, atendiendo a las diferencias que puedan surgir en función del género, e invitan a continuar profundizando en este fenómeno.

  • English

    The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Big Five factors of Personality and sexual factors (Multidimensional Sexuality Questionnaire). Data from 165 subjects were analysed, 58% of them were women (n =96) and 69 men. With a mean age of 26.9 (SD = 8.18). The results obtained show that, the personality dimensions that seem to be most relevant in connection with sexual attitudes, are Neuroticism and Extravertion. Overall, the Extravertion appears related to a positive perspective of sexuality, while the Neuroticism relates to a negative view. With regard to the sexual factors, differences focus on esteem, concern, motivation, anxiety and external sexual control, with higher scores in men than in women. In general, relationships between personality and sexual factors, seems to be modulated by sex. These results show the importance of the study of the relationships between personality factors and sexual attitudes, taking into account sexual differences, and require a deeper analysis of this phenomenon.

• Referencias bibliográficas
  • Bourdage, J. S., Lee, K., Ashton, M. C., & Perry, A. (2007). Big Five and HEXACO model personality correlates of sexuality. Personality...
  • Brody, S. (2007). Intercourse orgasm consistency, concordance of women´s genital and subjective sexual arousal, and erotic stimulus presentation...
  • Carrobles, J. A., Gámez-Guadix, M., & Almendros, C. (2011). Funcionamiento sexual, satisfacción sexual y bienestar psicológico y subjetivo...
  • Caruthers, A. S. (2005). “Hookups” and “Friends with benefits”: Nonrelational sexual encounters as contexts of women´s normative sexual development....
  • Costa, P. T. & McCrae, R. R. (1985). Manual of the NEO Personality Inventory: Form S and Form R. Odessa, FL, EUA: Psychological Assessment...
  • Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R.R. (1992). Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI); professional...
  • Costa, P. T. , McCrae, R. R., & Dye, D. A. (1991). Facet scales for agreeableness and conscientiousness: a revision of the NEO Personality...
  • Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2008). Sex differences in mate preferences revisited: Do people know what the initially desire in a...
  • Erol, R. Y., & Orth, U. (2011). Self-Esteem development from age 14 to 30: A longitudinal Study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,...
  • Eysenck, H. J. (1972). Psychology is about people. Harmondsworth, Londres, Great Britain: Penguin.
  • Eysenck, H. J. (1976). Sex and personality. London: Open Books.
  • Eysenck, H. J., & Wilson, B. (1979). The psychology of sex. London: Dent.
  • Feingold, A. (1992). Gender differences in mate selection preferences: A test of the parental investment model. Psychological Bulletin, 122,...
  • Fink, B., Brewer, G., Fehl, K., & Neave, N. (2007). Instrumentality and lifetime number of sexual partners. Personality and Individual...
  • Fisher, T. D., & Hall, R. G. (1988). A scale for the comparison of the sexual attitudes of adolescents and their parents. Journal of Sex...
  • Greene, K., & Faulkner, S.L. (2005). Gender, be- lief in the sexual double standard, and sexual task in heterosexual dating relationships....
  • Heaven, P. C. L., Crocker, D., Edwards, B., Preston, N., Ward, R., & Woodbridge, N. (2003). Personality and sex. Personality and Individual...
  • Heaven, P. C. L., Fitzpatrick, J., Craig, F. L., Kelly, P., & Sebar, G. (2000). Five personality factors and sex: preliminary findings....
  • Hendrick, S. S. & Hendrick, C. (1987). Multidimensionality of sexual attitudes. Journal of Sex Research, 23, 502-526.
  • Howitt, D., & Cramer, D. (2011). Introduction to SPSS Statistics in Psychology (5th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education.
  • Hoyle, R. H., Fejfar, M. C., & Miller, J. D. (2000). Personality and sexual risk taking: a quantitative review. Journal of Personality,...
  • Jacobs, R. J., & Thomlison, B. (2009). Self-silencing and age as risk factors for sexually acquired HIV in midlife and older women. Journal...
  • Janda, L. H., & O´Grady, K. E. (1980). Development of a sex anxiety inventory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48, 169-...
  • Kuhle, B. X. (2011). Did you have sex with him? Do you love her? An in vivo test of sex differences in jealous interrogations. Personality...
  • Lameiras, M., & Rodríguez, Y. (2003) The Big Five and sexual attitudes in Spanish students. Social Behavior and Personality, 31, 357-362.
  • Macapagal, K. R., & Janssen, E. (2011). The valence of sex automatic affective associations in erotophilia and erotophobia. Personality...
  • Mènard, A. D., & Offman, A. (2009). The interrelationships between sexual self-esteem, sexual assertiveness and sexual satisfaction. Canadian...
  • Miller, J. D., Lynam, D., Zimmerman, R. S., Logan, T. K., Leukefeld, C., & Clayton, R. (2004). The utility of the Five Factor Model in...
  • Oattes, M. K., & Offman, A. (2007). Global selfesteem and sexual self-esteem as predictors of sexual communication in intimate relationships....
  • Ortega, V., Ojeda, P., Sutil, F., & Sierra, J. C. (2005). Culpabilidad sexual en adolescentes: estudio de algunos factores relacionados....
  • Pierce, A. P., & Hurlbert, D. F. (1999). Test-Retest reliability of the Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness. Perceptual and Motor Skills,...
  • Santos-Iglesias, P., & Sierra, J.C. (2010). El papel de la asertividad sexual en la conducta humana: una revision sistemática. International...
  • Sills, T., Wunderlich, G., Pyke, R., Segraves, R. T., Leiblum, S., Clayton, A.,... Evans, K. (2005). The sexual interest and desire inventoyfemale...
  • Smith, C. V., Nezlek, J. B., Webster, G. D., & Paddock, E. L. (2007). Relationships bet- ween daily sexual interactions and domainspecific...
  • Snell, W. E., Fisher, T. D., & Miller, R. S. (1991). De- velopment of the sexual awareness questionnaire: components, reliability, and...
  • Snell, W. E., Fisher, T. D., & Walters, A. S. (1993). The Multidimensional Sexuality Questionnaire: An objective self-report measure of...
  • Snell, W. E., Jr., & Papini, D.R. (1989). The sexua- lity Scale: An instrument to measure sexualesteem, sexual depression, and sexualpreoccupation....
  • Snyder, M. (1974). Self-monitoring of expressive behaviour. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30, 526-537.
  • Snyder, M. (1979). Sef-monitoring processes. En L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 12, pp. 85-128). New...
  • Snyder, M., Simpson, J.A., & Gangestad, S. (1986). Personality and sexual relations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51,...
  • Stoner, S. A., Norris, J., George, W. H., Morrison, D. M., Zawacki, T., Davis, K. C., & Hessler, D. M. (2008). Women´s condom use assertiveness...
  • Tellegen, A. (1985). Structures of mood and personality and their relevance to assessing anxiety, with an emphasis on self-report. En A. H....
  • Walker, D. P. (2006). Impaired sexual assertiveness and consensual sexual activity as risk factors for sexual coerción in heterosexual college...
  • Wilbur, J., & Campbell, L. (2010). What do women want? An interactionist account of women´s mate preferences. Personality and Individual...