Sexual Compulsivity and Sexual Sensation Seeking: A Preliminary Approach among Male Sex Workers Compared to Gay Men in Spain

This study aims to explore Sexual Compulsivity (SC) and Sexual Sensation Seeking (SSS) in Male Sex Workers (MSW) compared to a group of non-MSW gay men. 

A total of 60 MSW and 63 gay men answered the SC Scale and the SSS Scale. The total scales' mean score was slightly higher in the MSW population. Still, statistical differences were observed in two SSS items only. In spite of the absence of statistical significance, MSW presented more sexual behavior interferences on their lives and higher failure to control sexual impulses. 

Future interventions among MSW should focus on sexual self-control and impulsivity.

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By:   Salmerón-Sánchez P1, Arnal RB2, Llario MD3, Morell-Mengual V4.

• 1 Jaume I University, Basic and Clinical Psycology and Psycobiology , Castellón , Spain.
• 2 Jaume I University, Basic and Clinic Psycology and Psycobiology, Avda. Sos Baynat S/n , Castellón , 12004 Spain.
• 3 University of Valencia. General Study , Developmental and Education Psychology , Valencia , Spain.
• 4 Universitat de València.Estudi General, Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación , Valencia , Spain. 

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Shame, Sexual Compulsivity & Eroticizing Flirtatious Others: An Experimental Study

Clinical observation and correlational studies with nonclinical samples suggest that a linkage between negative affective states (especially shame) and engagement in erotic pursuits typifies sexual compulsivity. 

The present study tested whether experimental induction of shame leads to increased interest in erotically suggestive targets among more sexually compulsive individuals. A total of 74 age-traditional heterosexual university students first recalled either an emotionally neutral or a shame-inducing personal experience, then completed a nonpredictive gaze-cueing task featuring flirtatious or emotionally neutral faces of the same or opposite sex. They also rated the faces' attractiveness and completed a validated sexual compulsivity scale and two control measures (executive control, sociosexuality). 

Higher (versus lower) sexual compulsivity predicted weaker gaze-triggered attentional orienting in response to the flirtatious opposite-sex face in the shame (versus neutral) condition, and this was accounted for by (higher) attractiveness ratings of the flirtatious opposite-sex face. 

Shame thus appears to increase sexualization (i.e., reduces salience of agentic features and increases appeal of physical attributes) of erotically suggestive targets among more sexually compulsive individuals.

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By: Petrican R1, Burris CT, Moscovitch M.

• 1Rotman Research Institute.

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