Margaret Bennett‐brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 126407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Bennett‐brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Bennett‐brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5509-9429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding stigmatization in digital sex work
Connected, online and off
Erotic webcam modeling websites (or ‘camsites’) are an increasingly popular form of sextech in which users can pursue both sexual fulfillment and emotional connection. While previous research has explored the impact of similar technologies (e.g., online pornography) as well as transactional sex within partnered relationships, this study seeks to understand how users who access camsites with their in-person romantic partner perceive how camming ha…
Charting Salivary Oxytocin Across an Episode of Naturally Occurring Partnered Sex
Exploring patterns in mental health treatment and interests of single adults in the United States
Objective: The objective of this study is to examine mental health treatment utilization and interest among the large and growing demographic of single adults in the United States, who face unique societal stressors and pressures that may contribute to their heightened need for mental healthcare. Method: We analyzed data from 3,453 single adults, focusing on those with possible mental health treatment needs by excluding those with positive self-a…
Extending the communication during sexual activity model
The current study examines the role of sexual communication self-efficacy as it relates to communication during sex and sexual satisfaction to provide an extension to the Communication During Sexual Activity Model (CDSAM). Through a Qualtrics survey, data were collected from 228 sexually active emerging adults. In line with previous research, results demonstrated that higher levels of communication during sex were correlated with higher sexual sa…
Clients’ Perceptions of Authentic Intimate Connection on Erotic Webcam Modeling Sites
While early uses of technology in the sex industry centered on increasing accessibility to pornography or expanding advertising opportunities for direct service sex workers, the growing prevalence of personalized, platform-based sexual technologies reflects the postindustrial paradigm of sexual labor in which "authentic" emotional and physical connection is increasingly prioritized. In this study, we explored how erotic webcam modeling platforms …
Women Who Experience More Affectionate Touch Report Better Body Satisfaction and Relationship Outcomes
Affectionate touch (e.g. hugging, handholding) is an essential component of many intimate relationships and is a primary contributor to overall relationship satisfaction as well as sexual satisfaction. Affectionate touch is understood to be a form of non-verbal communication in which the giver is expressing positive feelings toward the receiver. Here, we propose that affectionate touch also positively impacts receivers' body satisfaction, because…
Camsites as a Context for Sexual Consent Education
Understanding sexual consent is essential for the promotion of healthy sexual relationships and the prevention of sexual violence. Emerging sexual technologies can provide opportunities for users to learn about and potentially practice navigating sexual consent with partners, but this field of research is still nascent. In this study, we surveyed 5,828 erotic camsite users to determine whether they learned something new about sexual consent from …
Centering Women of Color
Background: Black and white women describe their chronic vulvar pain (CVVP) symptoms differently, indicating a patient-provider communication deficit. This may contribute to the diagnostic delay commonly reported by patients with CVVP and/or pelvic pain. Methods: A pilot study demonstrated CVVP terminology differences between women of color and white women. The present study (N = 488) includes a sample of predominantly cisgender women who identif…
Testing the Communication During Sexual Activity Model
Preliminary evidence suggests that communication during and after sexual activity is linked to positive sexual and relational assessments, but the process of communication during sexual activity (i.e., predictors and outcomes of such behavior) has yet to be explicated. As such, the current study puts forth the Communication During Sexual Activity model, which posits that one’s propensity for affectionate communication, sexual self-esteem, and sex…
Exploring linguistic markers, threat appraisals, and genetic variation during mixed‐sex couples' conflict conversations
How couples communicate during conflict interactions can have important implications for their relational well‐being. The theory of resilience and relational load provides a valuable lens for exploring the associations among couples' language use during conflict conversations and the extent to which such conversations are perceived as threatening to one's relationship, as well as whether genetic markers moderate such associations. Forty‐seven mix…
Cam Site Clients’ Perceptions of Changes to Their Communication Skills
PrEP Familiarity, Interest, and Usage Among 364 Black and Hispanic Adults in Indiana
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a once-daily preventative prescription pill against HIV for adults or adolescents who have sex or inject drugs. PrEP may be especially useful among Black and Hispanic Americans, who are particularly at risk for HIV in the United States. In spite of this vulnerability, rates of PrEP use in Black and Hispanic communities are low. Here, we examined familiarity with, prior usage of, and future interest in PrEP am…
Chronic Vulvovaginal Pain in Patients of Color
Within the social support literature, individuals who experience chronic pain have shown many positive outcomes and benefits when receiving the appropriate level of emotional support. In the current study, individuals who experience chronic vulvovaginal pain (CVVP) were asked about their partner's supportiveness, other sources of emotional support, and their satisfaction and stress surrounding sexual activity. The participants ( n = 333) also ide…
Exploring the role of oxytocin in communication processes
This study explored the role of the hormone oxytocin in 49 emerging adult couples’ communication after sexual activity. Guided by the post sex disclosures model, the findings indicated that post sex oxytocin levels, but not increases in pre to post sex oxytocin, were associated with men's general assessments of the benefits and risks of disclosing after sexual activity (measured separately from the sexual episode). Additionally, women's and men's…
Clients’ Perceptions of Authentic Intimate Connection on Erotic Webcam Modeling Sites
While early uses of technology in the sex industry centered on increasing accessibility to pornography or expanding advertising opportunities for direct service sex workers, the growing prevalence of personalized, platform-based sexual technologies reflects the postindustrial paradigm of sexual labor in which "authentic" emotional and physical connection is increasingly prioritized. In this study, we explored how erotic webcam modeling platforms …
Camsites as a Context for Sexual Consent Education
Understanding sexual consent is essential for the promotion of healthy sexual relationships and the prevention of sexual violence. Emerging sexual technologies can provide opportunities for users to learn about and potentially practice navigating sexual consent with partners, but this field of research is still nascent. In this study, we surveyed 5,828 erotic camsite users to determine whether they learned something new about sexual consent from …
Centering Women of Color
Background: Black and white women describe their chronic vulvar pain (CVVP) symptoms differently, indicating a patient-provider communication deficit. This may contribute to the diagnostic delay commonly reported by patients with CVVP and/or pelvic pain. Methods: A pilot study demonstrated CVVP terminology differences between women of color and white women. The present study (N = 488) includes a sample of predominantly cisgender women who identif…
Exploring the role of oxytocin in communication processes
This study explored the role of the hormone oxytocin in 49 emerging adult couples’ communication after sexual activity. Guided by the post sex disclosures model, the findings indicated that post sex oxytocin levels, but not increases in pre to post sex oxytocin, were associated with men's general assessments of the benefits and risks of disclosing after sexual activity (measured separately from the sexual episode). Additionally, women's and men's…
Exploring the role of oxytocin in communication processes
This study explored the role of the hormone oxytocin in 49 emerging adult couples’ communication after sexual activity. Guided by the post sex disclosures model, the findings indicated that post sex oxytocin levels, but not increases in pre to post sex oxytocin, were associated with men's general assessments of the benefits and risks of disclosing after sexual activity (measured separately from the sexual episode). Additionally, women's and men's…
PrEP Familiarity, Interest, and Usage Among 364 Black and Hispanic Adults in Indiana
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a once-daily preventative prescription pill against HIV for adults or adolescents who have sex or inject drugs. PrEP may be especially useful among Black and Hispanic Americans, who are particularly at risk for HIV in the United States. In spite of this vulnerability, rates of PrEP use in Black and Hispanic communities are low. Here, we examined familiarity with, prior usage of, and future interest in PrEP am…
Chronic Vulvovaginal Pain in Patients of Color
Within the social support literature, individuals who experience chronic pain have shown many positive outcomes and benefits when receiving the appropriate level of emotional support. In the current study, individuals who experience chronic vulvovaginal pain (CVVP) were asked about their partner's supportiveness, other sources of emotional support, and their satisfaction and stress surrounding sexual activity. The participants ( n = 333) also ide…
Testing the Communication During Sexual Activity Model
Preliminary evidence suggests that communication during and after sexual activity is linked to positive sexual and relational assessments, but the process of communication during sexual activity (i.e., predictors and outcomes of such behavior) has yet to be explicated. As such, the current study puts forth the Communication During Sexual Activity model, which posits that one’s propensity for affectionate communication, sexual self-esteem, and sex…
Exploring linguistic markers, threat appraisals, and genetic variation during mixed‐sex couples' conflict conversations
How couples communicate during conflict interactions can have important implications for their relational well‐being. The theory of resilience and relational load provides a valuable lens for exploring the associations among couples' language use during conflict conversations and the extent to which such conversations are perceived as threatening to one's relationship, as well as whether genetic markers moderate such associations. Forty‐seven mix…
Cam Site Clients’ Perceptions of Changes to Their Communication Skills
Exploring patterns in mental health treatment and interests of single adults in the United States
Objective: The objective of this study is to examine mental health treatment utilization and interest among the large and growing demographic of single adults in the United States, who face unique societal stressors and pressures that may contribute to their heightened need for mental healthcare. Method: We analyzed data from 3,453 single adults, focusing on those with possible mental health treatment needs by excluding those with positive self-a…
Extending the communication during sexual activity model
The current study examines the role of sexual communication self-efficacy as it relates to communication during sex and sexual satisfaction to provide an extension to the Communication During Sexual Activity Model (CDSAM). Through a Qualtrics survey, data were collected from 228 sexually active emerging adults. In line with previous research, results demonstrated that higher levels of communication during sex were correlated with higher sexual sa…
Clients’ Perceptions of Authentic Intimate Connection on Erotic Webcam Modeling Sites
While early uses of technology in the sex industry centered on increasing accessibility to pornography or expanding advertising opportunities for direct service sex workers, the growing prevalence of personalized, platform-based sexual technologies reflects the postindustrial paradigm of sexual labor in which "authentic" emotional and physical connection is increasingly prioritized. In this study, we explored how erotic webcam modeling platforms …
Women Who Experience More Affectionate Touch Report Better Body Satisfaction and Relationship Outcomes
Affectionate touch (e.g. hugging, handholding) is an essential component of many intimate relationships and is a primary contributor to overall relationship satisfaction as well as sexual satisfaction. Affectionate touch is understood to be a form of non-verbal communication in which the giver is expressing positive feelings toward the receiver. Here, we propose that affectionate touch also positively impacts receivers' body satisfaction, because…
Camsites as a Context for Sexual Consent Education
Understanding sexual consent is essential for the promotion of healthy sexual relationships and the prevention of sexual violence. Emerging sexual technologies can provide opportunities for users to learn about and potentially practice navigating sexual consent with partners, but this field of research is still nascent. In this study, we surveyed 5,828 erotic camsite users to determine whether they learned something new about sexual consent from …
Centering Women of Color
Background: Black and white women describe their chronic vulvar pain (CVVP) symptoms differently, indicating a patient-provider communication deficit. This may contribute to the diagnostic delay commonly reported by patients with CVVP and/or pelvic pain. Methods: A pilot study demonstrated CVVP terminology differences between women of color and white women. The present study (N = 488) includes a sample of predominantly cisgender women who identif…
Understanding stigmatization in digital sex work
Connected, online and off
Erotic webcam modeling websites (or ‘camsites’) are an increasingly popular form of sextech in which users can pursue both sexual fulfillment and emotional connection. While previous research has explored the impact of similar technologies (e.g., online pornography) as well as transactional sex within partnered relationships, this study seeks to understand how users who access camsites with their in-person romantic partner perceive how camming ha…
Charting Salivary Oxytocin Across an Episode of Naturally Occurring Partnered Sex
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (6 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 works)