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Debby Herbenick

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ID91891
NAMEDebby Herbenick
GIVEN NAMESDebby
FAMILY NAMEHerbenick
SIGNATUREHERBENICK D
AFFILIATIONSIndiana University Bloomington
ORCID0000-0002-0352-2248
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS107
TOTAL CITATIONS165
AUTHOR COUNT107
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX7
  • Study Protocol Packages and Threats to Validity

    Open Access•Paul J Wright, Debby Herbenick•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2026

    ). Media effects scholars are quite cognizant of various research protocol threats to validity, thinking extensively about their selection of measures, methods, and data analysis tactics. They may pay less attention to how the protocol package aspects of their studies could pose validity threats, however. Using a recent study's recruitment and informed consent documents as illustration, this letter describes a specific and serious protocol packag…

  • ‘Is something wrong with mine?’: Exploring perceptions and implications of (un)representative anatomy illustrations among college students of colour

    Open Access•Deana Williams, Deana M Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Culture Health & Sexuality•2026

    Exposure to representative imagery, or a lack thereof, has mental and physical health impacts including limiting or expanding a person's beliefs about possibilities for themselves and those with shared identities. We previously conducted a content analysis of 182 anatomical illustrations from eight college-level human sexuality textbooks, finding only 12.6% of images represented medium skin tones and 1.1% of images represented dark skin tones. Bu…

  • Rough Sex: A Conceptual and Empirical Review

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Emily F Galper•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2026

    Sexual practices commonly known as “rough sex” have become prevalent among adolescents and people in the first few decades of adulthood. Some (e.g. sexual “choking” and smothering) pose serious health risks. The increased prevalence of rough sex has presented new challenges to sexuality educators who now often field questions from young people about these sexual practices – sometimes to the shock and upset of parents and community members. Clinic…

  • "You’re too this, you’re too that": Memorable messages from family members about Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican women’s bodies

    Open Access•Yael R Rosenstock Gonzalez, Jahlea Douglas et al.•ARTICLE•Body Image•2026

  • Adolescents’ Pornography Exposure, Sexually Dominant Behavior, and Partnered Sexual Satisfaction: Replication in a U.S. Probability Sample

    Open Access•Paul J Wright, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2026

  • A Qualitative Study of Indian Women’s Experiences with Sexual Pleasure and Masturbation

    Open Access•Shahzarin Khan, Saeed Khan et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2026

    Masturbation is associated with positive sexual development. However, there is limited research on masturbation in India, where sexual health efforts center on disease prevention and often neglect sexual pleasure. In this study, we aimed to examine Indian women’s experiences of masturbation and sexual pleasure during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, we conducted 22 semi-structured virtual interviews with women aged 20–43, based in India. Interview…

  • Prevalence and Demographic Correlates of Rough Sex Behaviors Among Adolescents Ages 14 to 17: Findings From a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Ivanka Simić Stanojević et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality Research and Social…•2026

    Introduction Sexual practices commonly described as “rough sex” (e.g., choking, slapping) have become prevalent among young adults in the U.S. and internationally. Little is known about adolescents’ engagement in such behaviors. Using U.S. population data, we examined the prevalence and demographic correlates of rough sex behaviors among U.S. adolescents ages 14- to 17- years old. Method Data are from a confidential online U.S. nationally represe…

  • Parent-adolescent communication about sex and adolescent sexting behaviors

    Open Access•Robert S Tokunaga, Paul J Wright et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Social and Personal…•2026•References: 91

    The term “sexting” refers to sexually suggestive and/or explicit messages exchanged in one-to-one or one-to-many forms over Internet-enabled devices. According to the multisystem perspective, parent-adolescent communication influences sexual socialization globally and sexting locally. In the present study, a model of the relationships among the breadth of sex topics discussed between parents and adolescent children, comfort in parent-adolescent s…

  • The Sexual Experiences of People Living with Sickle Cell Disease

    Brittanni N Wright, Brittanni Wright et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2026•References: 6

    Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects over 8 million people globally and 1 in 365 Black infants in the United States are born with SCD. Because of recent medical advances, people are living significantly longer with SCD, with opportunities to experience romantic and sexual relationships. However, people with SCD experience medical challenges, such as pain crises, which can occur during partnered sexual activities. This study sought to understand how …

  • Impersonal Sex and Pornography: Potential Confounding, Moderation, and Implications for Public Health

    Paul J Wright, Robert S Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•Health Communication•2025

    Following the recent exhortations of health communication scholars to continue the study of pornography and its potential impact on health-related behaviors, the present study investigated associations between the frequency of pornography use and six indicators of impersonal sex among a national probability sample of US adults. Impersonal sex has been linked to a variety of important public health outcomes, including STD risk and sexual aggressio…

  • Adolescent Pornography Exposure, Condom Use, and the Moderating Role of Parental Sexual Health Communication: Replication in a U.S. Probability Sample

    Paul J Wright, Debby Herbenick•ARTICLE•Health Communication•2025

    Following calls for an increase in replication studies in communication science as well as multiple other disciplines, the present study provides a direct replication of a pragmatically and theoretically important investigation of U.S. adolescents' pornography exposure, parent-adolescent sexual health communication, and condomless sex published in this journal. Parent-adolescent sexual health communication has been suggested as a sexual risk-redu…

  • Pornography Use, Moral Incongruence, Psychological Distress, and Sexual Satisfaction

    Open Access•Paul J Wright, Robert S Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2025

  • Exploring Educational Messages About Sexual Choking: Results of a Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy Study Among College Students

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Tsung‐chieh Fu et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality Research and Social…•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 14

    Introduction Sexual choking has become prevalent among young adults, including college students, and poses significant health risks; yet, no evidence-based interventions address it. Using data from a campus-representative survey of college students, we examined participants’ age at first learning about choking and their views about teaching youth about choking and its risks. We also randomized students to one of three groups and tested the feasib…

  • Sexual Choking at University Students’ Most Recent Sexual Event: Consent, Wantedness, and Choking-Related Symptoms

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Tsung‐chieh Fu et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality Research and Social…•2025•References: 15

    Introduction Sexual choking is a form of neck compression that has become prevalent among young adults in the United States and internationally. We aimed to examine sexual choking in relation to event-level consent and consent cues, wantedness, safe words, safe gestures, and bodily responses to being choked. Method The analytic sample was comprised of 3780 randomly sampled students (1839 women, 1858 men, 84 transgender and gender nonbinary studen…

  • Experiences with Rough Sex Among Autistic University Students: Descriptive Findings from a Campus Probability-Based Survey

    Ivanka Simić Stanojević, Gary Wheeler et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2025•References: 6

    There is little research on autistic adults' rough sex experiences - even though rough sex has become prevalent among young adults. We aimed to explore lifetime sexual experiences, including consensual and non-consensual rough sex, among autistic university students in the U.S. and their perceptions and subjective experiences of rough sex. The study sample consisted of 46 autistic undergraduate and graduate students from a large public Midwestern…

  • Choking on TikTok: Memetic Content and CRAAP Analysis of Educative and Entertaining #Chokekink Videos

    Mary Balle, Dakota Brandenburg et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 7

    Sexual choking is prevalent among adolescents and young adults (AYA), some of whom report having learned about this sexual practice from social media. This study reports on sexual choking related #chokekink TikTok videos collected over 2 days in 2023-2024. We analyzed 96 entertaining and/or educative videos thematically and categorically using Memetic Content Analysis. The CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose) test was applied…

  • Prevalence and Demographic Correlates of “Rough Sex” Behaviors: Findings from a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey of Adults Ages 18–94 Years

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Tsung‐chieh Fu et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2025•References: 77

    Rough sex behaviors have become prevalent among young adults in the U.S. and internationally. However, little is known about these behaviors at the population level. Using nationally representative survey data of 9029 U.S. adults, we aimed to provide population estimates and demographic correlates of 10 such behaviors: consensual and nonconsensual hair pulling, biting, face slapping, genital slapping, light spanking, hard spanking, choking, punch…

  • Women’s Experiences with Exercise-Induced Orgasm: Findings from Qualitative Interviews

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Callie Patterson Perry et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2025•References: 28

    Exercise-induced arousal (EIA) and exercise-induced orgasm (EIO) have been described as occurring from engaging in exercise or physical activities that are vigorous, repetitive, or demanding of core abdominal muscles, usually apart from sexual situations and without direct genital stimulation. Few existing studies have examined EIA/EIO, and no prior studies have qualitatively explored these experiences. Thus, the purpose of this research was to u…

  • Pornography, identification, alcohol, and condomless sex

    Open Access•Paul J Wright, Robert S Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Communication•2024

    Using national probability data from the 2022 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, the present study evaluated whether moderators of the association between frequency of pornography exposure and condomless sex are consistent with the sexual script acquisition, activation, application model’s (3AM) suppositions about the facilitating effects of wishful identification and decreased self-regulation and forethought capacity. Consistent with…

  • Pubic Hair Removal Practices and Motivations Among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Men

    Open Access•Eric R Buhi, Hannah Javidi et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Men s Health•2024

    Understanding current pubic hair removal (PHR) practices is vital for public health, given the prevalence among U.S. adults. This study updates the understanding of PHR practices, motivations, and correlates in a nationally representative sample of adult men. In April 2023, through a probability-based internet panel survey (Ipsos KnowledgePanel ® ), we found that nearly half (46.7%) of respondents reported lifetime PHR, with 29.2% reporting PHR i…

  • Sexual choking/strangulation and its association with condom and contraceptive use: Findings from a survey of students at a university in the Midwestern United States

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Tsung‐chieh Fu et al.•ARTICLE•Perspectives on Sexual and…•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 7

    Recognition that sexual choking is prevalent among young people has only recently emerged and educational programs are lacking. Study findings could be used to engage people in discussions about choking in relation to gender, power, and reproductive health agency

  • From the U.S. to Denmark and Beyond: It’s Time to Reimagine the Use of Control Variables in Observational Research

    Paul J Wright, Robert Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2024•Cited by: 2•References: 9

    Methodologists from a variety of social and behavioral sciences have called attention to misunderstandings, misclassifications, and misapplications of third variable "controls" in observational research. We are unaware, however, of a comprehensive discussion of these issues in the sexological literature. In this article, we attempt to detail several of the more important potential pitfalls within the context of a case study commentary on a recent…

  • Generational Differences in Sexual Health Education Experiences Among LGBTQ+ Adolescents and Adults: Findings from a U.S. National Probability Sample

    Dakota Brandenburg, Colin Tatz et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2024•References: 5

    Few U.S. states require school-based sex education to be representative or inclusive of LGBTQ+ people. Data suggests that adolescents' receipt of necessary topics in sex education has declined in the past 25 years, yet the literature on LGBTQ+ people's sex education experiences in the United States is largely limited to non-probability samples. Data were from a national probability sample of adolescents and adults in the United States. Individual…

  • Sources of Learning about Sexual Choking and Their Associations with Perceived Safety and Risk: Findings from a U.S. College Campus-Representative Survey

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Tsung‐chieh Fu et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality Research and Social…•2024•Cited by: 2•References: 3

  • Navigating Consent in the Context of Sexual Choking/Strangulation: Findings from Qualitative Interviews with Young Adults

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Lucia Guerra-Reyes et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality Research and Social…•2024•Cited by: 8•References: 3

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  • A Psychometric Comparison of Three Scales and a Single-Item Measure to Assess Sexual Satisfaction

    Kristen P Mark, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2013•Cited by: 38•References: 9

    This study was designed to systematically compare and contrast the psychometric properties of three scales developed to measure sexual satisfaction and a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. The Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS), Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale-Short (NSSS-S) were compared to one another and to a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. Conceptualization of the const…

  • Sex and Relationships Pre- and Early- Covid-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Probability Sample of U.S. Undergraduate Students

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Devon J Hensel et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2022•Cited by: 11•References: 35

  • The Prevalence of Using Pornography for Information About How to Have Sex: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey of U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults

    Open Access•E F Rothman, Jonathon J Beckmeyer et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2021•Cited by: 10•References: 45

  • Sexual Harassment in the Field of Sexuality Research

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Sari M Van Ander et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2019•Cited by: 9•References: 4

  • The Behavioral Definitions of “Having Sex With a Man” and “Having Sex With a Woman” Identified by Women Who Have Engaged in Sexual Activity With Both Men and Women

    Vanessa Schick, Vanessa R Schick et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2015•Cited by: 9•References: 3

    A sizable minority of women report lifetime sexual behavior with both men and women. In the present study, a multinational sample of women who reported genital contact with at least one man and one woman in their lifetime (N = 2,751) were asked to provide their behavioral definitions of "having sex with a woman" and "having sex with a man." Replicating previous research, participants were asked "Would you say you 'had sex' with a woman/man if the…

  • What’s Love Got To Do With It? Examinations of Emotional Perceptions and Sexual Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States

    Open Access•Joshua G Rosenberger, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 41

  • Navigating Consent in the Context of Sexual Choking/Strangulation: Findings from Qualitative Interviews with Young Adults

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Lucia Guerra-Reyes et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality Research and Social…•2024•Cited by: 8•References: 3

  • Sex Toy Use by Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States

    Open Access•Joshua G Rosenberger, Vanessa Schick et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2012•Cited by: 7•References: 28

  • Variation in Sexual Identification Among Behaviorally Bisexual Women in the Midwestern United States: Challenging the Established Methods for Collecting Data on Sexual Identity and Orientation

    Open Access•Aleta Baldwin, 正幸 上枝 et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2017•Cited by: 5•References: 44

    Collecting information on sexual identity is critical to ensuring the visibility of minority populations who face stigmatization and discrimination related to sexual identities. However, it is challenging to capture the nuances of sexual identity with traditional survey research methods. Using a mixed-methods approach, we gathered data on the sexual identities of 80 behaviorally bisexual women in the Midwestern United States through an online sur…

  • But Do Porn Sites Get More Traffic than TikTok, OpenAI, and Zoom

    Paul J Wright, Robert Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2023•Cited by: 4•References: 38

    In 2013, the Huffington Post (HP) featured a provocative article titled “Porn sites get more visitors each month than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined” (Kleinman, 2013). Given that Amazon, Twit

  • Pornography and Relational Satisfaction: Exploring Potential Boundary Conditions

    Open Access•Paul J Wright, Debby Herbenick•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2022•Cited by: 4•References: 43

  • Pornography, Masturbation, and Relational Satisfaction

    Paul J Wright, Robert Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2022•Cited by: 3•References: 5

  • Porn Sex versus Real Sex: Sexual Behaviors Reported by a U.S. Probability Survey Compared to Depictions of Sex in Mainstream Internet-Based Male–Female Pornography

    Open Access•Niki Fritz, Vinny Malic et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2022•Cited by: 3•References: 94

  • Pornography vs. sexual science: The role of pornography use and dependency in U.S. teenagers’ sexual illiteracy

    Paul J Wright, Robert S Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•Communication Monographs•2021•Cited by: 3•References: 9

    This study examined U.S. adolescents’ pornography consumption, pornography dependency, and belief in a variety of notions contradicted by basic sexological science. Data were from 595 youth aged 14–18 who participated in a population-based probability survey. Consistent with the sexual script acquisition, activation, application model (3AM) of sexual media socialization, adolescents who had viewed pornography were more likely to hold erroneous se…

  • Pornography, impersonal sex, and sexual aggression: A test of the confluence model in a national probability sample of men in the U.S

    Open Access•Paul J Wright, Bryant Paul et al.•ARTICLE•Aggressive Behavior•2021•Cited by: 3•References: 51

    This paper reports findings on men's exposure to extreme pornography, impersonal sexuality, and sexual aggression from the National Survey of Porn Use, Relationships, and Sexual Socialization, a U.S. population‐based probability study. Despite Malamuth's confluence model (CM) of sexual aggression positing that an impersonal approach to sex interacts with exposure to pornography to predict the likelihood of committing sexual assault, only a few st…

  • Sexual Satisfaction in Monogamous, Nonmonogamous, and Unpartnered Sexual Minority Women in the US

    Adrienne Baldwin, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Bisexuality•2019•Cited by: 3•References: 13

    Research on sexual satisfaction tends to focus mostly on heterosexual women and women in monogamous relationships. Sexual satisfaction among sexual minority women and women who are nonmonogamous or not partnered is under-researched. Through an online survey, we gathered data from 334 cisgender sexual minority women in various relationship configurations and assessed sexual satisfaction in relation to individual and interpersonal factors. Sexual s…

  • Women’s Sexual Satisfaction, Communication, and Reasons for (No Longer) Faking Orgasm: Findings from a U.S. Probability Sample

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Heather Eastman‐mueller et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2019•Cited by: 3•References: 51

  • Beyond “Risk”: Exploring Sexuality among Diverse Typologies of Bisexual Men in the United States

    Brian Dodge, Joshua G Rosenberger et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Bisexuality•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 15

    Little public health research has explored male bisexuality and the wide range of behaviors experienced by bisexual men beyond disease transmission and other negative consequences. There is a general lack of information on diverse expressions of sexuality among diverse groups of bisexual men in the United States. Researchers collected data on a wide range of variables related to sexual behavior from a sample of 26,042 participants, recruited via …

  • Bidentity: Sexual Behavior/Identity Congruence and Women's Sexual, Physical and Mental Well-Being

    Vanessa Schick, Joshua G Rosenberger et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Bisexuality•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 15

    According to cognitive dissonance theory, the co-occurrence of inconsistent cognitions may result in psychological distress. This distress may lead to undesirable health outcomes. This study explored the role of sexual behavior/identity congruence on women's mental, physical and sexual well-being. A total of 2,578 women who reported sexual attraction, desire, affection, intentions and/or behavior involving other women completed a web-based survey…

  • Variations in the Sexual Repertoires of Bisexually-Identified Women from the United States and the United Kingdom

    Vanessa Schick, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Bisexuality•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 9

    Research on the sexual lives of bisexually-identified women tends to focus on their heightened risk for sexually transmitted infection acquisition. The development of effective, tailored interventions would benefit from detailed behavior estimates from a large sample of bisexual women. Thus, this study collected sexual behavior data from 710 bisexually-identified women. When possible, items were adapted from the National Survey of Sexual Health a…

  • School-Based Condom Education and Its Relations With Diagnoses of and Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men in the United States

    Brian Dodge, Michael Reece et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2009•Cited by: 3•References: 7

    An intense social and political debate continues in the United States regarding sexuality education. Included in the debate are those who favor comprehensive approaches, those who favor abstinence-only approaches, and those who favor no sexuality education. In this study, we showed that men who received school-based condom education were less likely to have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and were more likely to ever ha…

  • From the U.S. to Denmark and Beyond: It’s Time to Reimagine the Use of Control Variables in Observational Research

    Paul J Wright, Robert Tokunaga et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2024•Cited by: 2•References: 9

    Methodologists from a variety of social and behavioral sciences have called attention to misunderstandings, misclassifications, and misapplications of third variable "controls" in observational research. We are unaware, however, of a comprehensive discussion of these issues in the sexological literature. In this article, we attempt to detail several of the more important potential pitfalls within the context of a case study commentary on a recent…

  • Sources of Learning about Sexual Choking and Their Associations with Perceived Safety and Risk: Findings from a U.S. College Campus-Representative Survey

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Tsung‐chieh Fu et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality Research and Social…•2024•Cited by: 2•References: 3

  • Sexting with Romantic Partners During College: Who Does It, Who Doesn’t and Who Wants To

    Open Access•Jonathon J Beckmeyer, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Sexuality & Culture•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 8

  • Pleasure During Adolescents’ Most Recent Partnered Sexual Experience: Findings from a U.S. Probability Survey

    Open Access•Jonathon J Beckmeyer, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 36

  • Sexual health promotion and adult retail stores

    Michael Reece, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2004•Cited by: 2•References: 2

    To explore the extent to which adult retail stores may contribute to a community's sexual health promotion infrastructure, we collected data from 294 customer service employees of 80 adult retail stores in 61 U.S. cities. Findings indicated that these stores and their employees do possess at least a baseline level of characteristics that indicate they are serving, or have the potential to serve, as sexual health resources in their communities. As…

  • Regional differences in sexuality education on a state level: The case of Florida

    Frank C Bandiera, William L Jeffries et al.•ARTICLE•Sex Education•2008

    Introduction In Florida, a state that consistently leads the nation in adverse sexual health outcomes among adolescents, numerous demographic and socio‐cultural differences exist across the North, Central, and South regions. However, little is known about regional differences in sexuality education and beliefs among teachers. Methodology Using a mail‐based survey of 462 teachers, we examined regional differences in parental consent requirements, …

  • The Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Attitudes Toward Women's Genitals

    Debby Herbenick, Debra L Herbenick•ARTICLE•International Journal of Sexual…•2009

    Sexual behaviors may be related to or influenced by a range of factors including individuals' attitudes toward women's genitals. To date, however, no reliable and valid measure exists with which researchers or clinicians can assess individuals' attitudes toward women's genitals. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid scale to measure attitudes toward women's genitals and to test its predictive capacity. The process of devel…

  • School-Based Condom Education and Its Relations With Diagnoses of and Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men in the United States

    Brian Dodge, Michael Reece et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2009•Cited by: 3•References: 7

    An intense social and political debate continues in the United States regarding sexuality education. Included in the debate are those who favor comprehensive approaches, those who favor abstinence-only approaches, and those who favor no sexuality education. In this study, we showed that men who received school-based condom education were less likely to have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and were more likely to ever ha…

  • Condom Use Rates in a National Probability Sample of Males and Females Ages 14 to 94 in the United States

    Open Access•Michael Reece, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sexual Medicine•2010

  • Sexual Behaviors, Condom Use, and Sexual Health of Americans Over 50: Implications for Sexual Health Promotion for Older Adults

    Open Access•Vanessa Schick, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sexual Medicine•2010

  • Sexual Behavior in the United States: Results from a National Probability Sample of Men and Women Ages 14–94

    Open Access•Debby Herbenick, Michael Reece et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sexual Medicine•2010

  • A Psychometric Assessment of the Multi-Factor Attitude Toward Condoms Scale (MFACS)

    Michael Reece, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of Sexual…•2010

    Scales assessing attitude toward condoms typically focus on their use for a specific context or outcome (sexually transmitted diseases/HIV prevention or pregnancy prevention) and not the characteristics of a condom itself. To assess the psychometrics of the Multi-Factor Attitude toward Condoms Scale, data from 1,832 U.S. men were analyzed. Internal consistency was acceptable (α= .816) with three factors accounting for 61.44% of the variance (affe…

  • Prevalence and Predictors of Testicular Self-Exam Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in the United States

    Michael Reece, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of Sexual…•2010

    Men's gender roles and norms may influence their sexual behaviors and sexual health care practices in numerous specific ways and contexts. Health professionals encourage men's performance of testicular self-exams (TSE), yet estimates of monthly TSE from convenience samples range from 2% to 10%. In this population-based study of 655 U.S. men aged 18 to 44 years, TSE prevalence during the past month was 40.3% and was predicted by geographic locatio…

  • Exploring sexuality education opportunities at in-home sex-toy parties in the United States

    Christopher Fisher, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Sex Education•2010

    While debates about adolescent sexuality education persist in the United States, little attention has been paid to adult sexuality education. Research suggests that teachable moments may be present in interactions between adult bookstore employees and the consumers who shop at these venues. The purpose of this study was to explore the potential for in-home sex-toy parties as an avenue for adult sexuality education for women. A total of 1197 women…

  • Reactions to Self-Sampling for Ano-Rectal Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Qualitative Study

    Open Access•Joshua G Rosenberger, Brian Dodge et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2011•Cited by: 1•References: 25

  • Sexuality Information Seeking and Sexual Function Among Women Attending In-Home Sex Toy Parties

    Kristen N Jozkowski, Vanessa Schick et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of Sexual…•2012

    Outside traditional risk-oriented public health campaigns, few sexuality education opportunities exist for adult women, particularly those in partnered relationships, that address issues related to sexual desire and pleasure. Data were collected from 677 women attending in-home sex toy parties to assess whether they sought sexuality-related information at a recent party they attended. Participants reported asking 765 questions at parties. The que…

  • Beyond “Risk”: Exploring Sexuality among Diverse Typologies of Bisexual Men in the United States

    Brian Dodge, Joshua G Rosenberger et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Bisexuality•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 15

    Little public health research has explored male bisexuality and the wide range of behaviors experienced by bisexual men beyond disease transmission and other negative consequences. There is a general lack of information on diverse expressions of sexuality among diverse groups of bisexual men in the United States. Researchers collected data on a wide range of variables related to sexual behavior from a sample of 26,042 participants, recruited via …

  • Bidentity: Sexual Behavior/Identity Congruence and Women's Sexual, Physical and Mental Well-Being

    Vanessa Schick, Joshua G Rosenberger et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Bisexuality•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 15

    According to cognitive dissonance theory, the co-occurrence of inconsistent cognitions may result in psychological distress. This distress may lead to undesirable health outcomes. This study explored the role of sexual behavior/identity congruence on women's mental, physical and sexual well-being. A total of 2,578 women who reported sexual attraction, desire, affection, intentions and/or behavior involving other women completed a web-based survey…

  • Variations in the Sexual Repertoires of Bisexually-Identified Women from the United States and the United Kingdom

    Vanessa Schick, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Bisexuality•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 9

    Research on the sexual lives of bisexually-identified women tends to focus on their heightened risk for sexually transmitted infection acquisition. The development of effective, tailored interventions would benefit from detailed behavior estimates from a large sample of bisexual women. Thus, this study collected sexual behavior data from 710 bisexually-identified women. When possible, items were adapted from the National Survey of Sexual Health a…

  • Sex Toy Use by Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States

    Open Access•Joshua G Rosenberger, Vanessa Schick et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2012•Cited by: 7•References: 28

  • A Psychometric Comparison of Three Scales and a Single-Item Measure to Assess Sexual Satisfaction

    Kristen P Mark, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2013•Cited by: 38•References: 9

    This study was designed to systematically compare and contrast the psychometric properties of three scales developed to measure sexual satisfaction and a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. The Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS), Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale-Short (NSSS-S) were compared to one another and to a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. Conceptualization of the const…

  • From Bias to Bisexual Health Disparities: Attitudes Toward Bisexual Men and Women in the United States

    Open Access•M Reuel Friedman, Brian Dodge et al.•ARTICLE•LGBT Health•2014

    PUROPSE: A newly emergent literature suggest that bisexual men and women face profound health disparities in comparison to both heterosexual and homosexual individuals. Additionally, bisexual individuals often experience prejudice, stigma, and discrimination from both gay/lesbian and straight communities, termed "biphobia." However, only limited research exists that empirically tests the extent and predictors of this double discrimination. The Bi…

  • What’s Love Got To Do With It? Examinations of Emotional Perceptions and Sexual Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States

    Open Access•Joshua G Rosenberger, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 41

  • The Influence of Attraction to Partner on Heterosexual Women’s Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction in Long-Term Relationships

    Open Access•Kristen P Mark, Debby Herbenick•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2014•Cited by: 2•References: 43

  • In their own words: A qualitative content analysis of women's and men's preferences for women's genitals

    Margo Mullinax, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•Sex Education•2015

    Research increasingly shows genital attitudes have an impact on sexual well-being and health seeking behaviours. This study explored what women and men like and dislike about women's genitals. Data are from open-ended items, part of a cross-sectional Internet-based survey anonymously completed by 496 women and 198 men. Overall, both women and men had positive attitudes towards women's genitals, although there was overlap between likes and dislike…

  • Experiences of HIV-positive gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men residing in relatively rural areas

    Randolph D Hubach, Brian Dodge et al.•ARTICLE•Culture Health & Sexuality•2015

    Most previous studies of the sexual behaviour of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV are based on samples of men recruited within relatively urban and suburban areas of the USA. The aim of the present study was to explore the potential challenges associated with HIV-related stigma and residing in a relatively rural area. We conducted a qualitative study based in south-central Indiana, a relatively rural area of the U…

  • The Behavioral Definitions of “Having Sex With a Man” and “Having Sex With a Woman” Identified by Women Who Have Engaged in Sexual Activity With Both Men and Women

    Vanessa Schick, Vanessa R Schick et al.•ARTICLE•The Journal of Sex Research•2015•Cited by: 9•References: 3

    A sizable minority of women report lifetime sexual behavior with both men and women. In the present study, a multinational sample of women who reported genital contact with at least one man and one woman in their lifetime (N = 2,751) were asked to provide their behavioral definitions of "having sex with a woman" and "having sex with a man." Replicating previous research, participants were asked "Would you say you 'had sex' with a woman/man if the…

  • Attitudes toward Bisexual Men and Women among a Nationally Representative Probability Sample of Adults in the United States

    Open Access•Brian Dodge, Debby Herbenick et al.•ARTICLE•PLoS ONE•2016

    As bisexual individuals in the United States (U.S.) face significant health disparities, researchers have posited that these differences may be fueled, at least in part, by negative attitudes, prejudice, stigma, and discrimination toward bisexual individuals from heterosexual and gay/lesbian individuals. Previous studies of individual and social attitudes toward bisexual men and women have been conducted almost exclusively with convenience sample…

  • Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Among a Heterogeneous Group of WSW(M)

    Margo Mullinax, Vanessa Schick et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of Sexual…•2016

    OBJECTIVES: This study explored predictors of STI screening among a heterogeneous group of women who have sex with women and men. METHODS: Following bivariate analyses, a multivariate logistic regression model was conducted to assess the relationship between testing and sociodemographic, relationship characteristics. RESULTS: The majority of participants reported not receiving STI screening in the past year. Gender expression, and not sexual orie…

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