William L Yarber
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 171476 |
|---|---|
| NOME | William L Yarber |
| PRENOMES | William L |
| SOBRENOME | Yarber |
| ASSINATURA | YARBER W L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6359-2651 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 61 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 98 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 30 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1978 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Changes in marital relationships over the course of the Covid ‐19 pandemic
The Impact of Sex Ratio Perceptions on Condom Use Attitudes and Behaviors among Black Women in the United States
Objective:Explore how perceptions of the sex ratio in Black communities’ impact heterosexual Black women’s confidence in negotiating condom use with sex partners and condom use at last sex. Methods: Using log-binomial regression models, we estimated the association between perception of the sex ratio and condom negotiation self-efficacy and condom use at last sex. Results: Perception of the sex ratio among Black women surveyed was not significant…
Association of Black Women’s Perceptions of the Sex Ratio to Their Attitudes Toward and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence
This study explores how perceptions of the availability of male dating partners (sex ratio) affect heterosexual Black women's tolerance and experiences with intimate partner violence (IPV). Evolutionary behavioral models suggest that when the sex ratio is high (more available men than women), violence against women is more likely to occur, whereas the Guttentag-Secord model suggests that when there is a surplus of men, violence against women is l…
Self-Reported Sexual Behavioral Similarities and Differences Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men With Childhood Sexual Abuse Histories
Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) have the highest burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a risk factor for high-risk sexual behavior and STI acquisition. Studies that have explored sexual behavior based on the type of reported sexual abuse are limited. This study aimed to further understand current sexual behaviors and perceptions among YMSM that have experienced different types of C…
A Cross-Country Comparison of Reasons for Condom Use during Menses
Objectives: Despite evidence that menstrual bleeding is a risk factor for sexually transmissible infections, few studies have assessed the prevalence of, and reasons for, condom use during menses. The objectives of the present study were to examine (1) the prevalence of condom use during menses; (2) if condom use during menses varies depending on age and gender inequality of country of residence; and (3) whether age and gender inequality of count…
What happens in Banff, stays in Banff’
Tourism destinations are contexts which are often characterised by unique norms for social and sexual behaviours which have implications for health and wellbeing. The purpose of this qualitative study was twofold: (1) to describe the sexual risk behaviours of young tourism workers (TWs), and (2) to explore socio-contextual factors pertaining to safer sex among TWs. Banff, Canada was the study site. Twenty-nine TWs were recruited and interviewed i…
Attitudes, Beliefs, and Cognitions
The scale items were derived from open-ended interviews about sexual attitudes with heterosexual and homosexual couples. The Attitudes Toward Sexuality Scale (ATSS) was developed to allow the comparison of the sexual attitudes of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 20 and their parents. Items from Calderwood’s Checklist of Attitudes Toward Human Sexuality were modified and an objective scoring system was added. The result was a brief, general …
Sexually Explicit Material and Online Sexual Activity
People have different thoughts and feelings about online sexual activities (OSA). Convergent and divergent validity of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale were established in relation to hypersexuality, impulsivity, compulsivity, relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and beliefs about the changeability of sexual life. Moreover, in a sample of heterosexual students, attitudes toward OSA uniquely predicted arousal-oriented OSA e…
Pleasure, Satisfaction, and Orgasm
The New Sexual Satisfaction Scale are multi-dimensional self-report scales designed to measure sexual satisfaction in both clinical and non-clinical samples. The Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS) Questionnaire assesses the components of the IEMSS, a conceptual framework for understanding sexual satisfaction within relationships. Orgasmic Consistency Scale assesses the consistency of female orgasm during partnered sexual …
Abuse and Pedophilia
The Child Sexual Abuse Scale is a self-report instrument that was developed to measure the occurrence of childhood sexual abuse in adolescent and adult populations. The Empathy for Children Scale was developed to measure an individual’s cognitive and emotional empathy for child victims by rating 75 short statements regarding intensity of feelings, thoughts, and behaviours on a 5-point Likert scale. Three scenarios are used: assessing empathy with…
Adolescents
Adolescents’ Attitudes About Sexual Relationship Rights (SRR) is a 10-item self-report measure of adolescents’ attitudes about their rights in a sexual relationship with a steady partner. It includes two subscales measuring rights to refuse unwanted sexual activity and to express sexual engagement needs. The SRR is intended for use with adolescents regardless of gender, race/ethnicity, relationship experience, sexual experience, and sexual orient…
Gender Identity
The three core items capture sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and lived gender, with the lived gender item completed only by the subset of participants who do not check male–male or female–female for the first two items. The Multidimensional Sex/Gender Measure is a flexible multi-item measure to capture dimensions of sex and gender. The Genderqueer Identity Scale is designed to assess identification and expression of genderqueer and non-bi…
Sociosexuality and Sexual Sensation Seeking
The construct of sociosexuality or sociosexual orientation captures individual differences in the tendency to have casual, uncommitted sexual relationships. The Sociosexual Orientation Inventory has been successfully applied in many published studies from fields as diverse as social, personality, and evolutionary psychology, sexuality research, gender studies, biological anthropology, and cross-cultural research. The Sexual Sensation Seeking Scal…
Sexual Function, Dysfunction, and Difficulties
Assessment of sexual functioning is an important component in many clinical encounters, and in research settings it is increasingly of interest with regard to side effects of new medications. The Sexual Self Efficacy Scale—Erectile Functioning is a brief self-report measure of the cognitive dimension of erectile functioning and adjustment in men. The Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire was developed from patient complaints of sexual dysfu…
Affect and Emotions
The importance of assessing affect to facilitate a better understanding of the relationship between feelings and sexual behaviors, attitudes, and norms has been highlighted by the findings of several researchers. As such, the First Coital Affective Reaction Scale (FCARS) was developed to assess subjects’ reported affective reactions to their first coital experience. Scales used by Byrne et al. and Weis, in their assessment of affect, stimulated t…
Families and Sexuality
The purpose of the Parenting Outcome Expectancy Scale (POES) is to measure the parent’s expectations about the outcomes associated with talking with his/her adolescent about sex-related topics. The POES includes items measuring only self-evaluative and social outcome expectancy (OE) because there are no direct physical OEs that can be associated with discussions about sexuality. In a descriptive study of correlates of sexuality communication, the…
Motivations
The Sexual Motivation Scale is a 24-item self-report measure of the six types of self-regulation proposed by self-determination theory (SDT) in the context of sexual activities: intrinsic motivation, four types of extrinsic motivation (i.e., external, introjected, identified, and integrated), and amotivation. SDT is a broad framework of motivation that delineates internal and external sources of motivation and their role in development and well-b…
Sexual Prejudice
According to the “differences as deficits model” of sexual prejudice, sexual minorities tend to be devalued and tend to be viewed more negatively in comparison to heterosexuals. Recent scholars have conceptualized attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals as multidimensional and wide-ranging. The LGB-Knowledge and Attitudes Scale (KAS) measures respondents’ attitudes and knowledge regarding LGB individuals. The LGB-KAS subscal…
Communication
The Dyadic Sexual Communication Scale (DSC) is a Likert-type scale assessing respondents’ perceptions of the communication process encompassing sexual relationships. The Health Protective Sexual Communication Scale (HPSC) is a self-report scale that assesses how often respondents discuss health protective topics while interacting with a new, first-time sexual partner. The Weighted Topics Measure of Family Sexual Communication (WTM) was developed …
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
The Sexual Self-Concept Inventory was designed to assess the gender-specific sexual self-concepts of early adolescent girls based on extensive formative work with ethnically diverse samples. The Multidimensional Sexual Self-Concept Questionnaire was developed based on prior work on individual differences in sexuality. The Sexuality Scale is an objective, self-report instrument measuring three aspects of human sexuality: sexual esteem, sexual depr…
Sexual Comfort and Erotophobia/Erotophilia
The Sexual Anxiety Scale was developed to assess individuals’ affective response to sexual cues, or erotophobia/philia. Erotophobia–erotophilia is a construct representing individual differences in learned affective and evaluative responses to sexual cues spanning a negative (erotophobia) to positive (erotophilia) continuum. Erotophobia–erotophilia is a hypothetical personality construct representing a positive-to-negative evaluative response to …
Desire and Interest
Sexual pleasure, satisfaction, and discrepancies between levels of sexual desire or desired frequency of sexual activity have become important areas of focus in sexuality research. Examining multifaceted sexual desire, and whether the factors that make up sexual desire are different between individuals and/or change across context and time remain interesting directions for future work. The Female Sexual Desire Questionnaire was designed to measur…
Gender Roles, Norms, and Expressions
The Women’s Nontraditional Sexuality Questionnaire is based on the Gender Role Strain Paradigm (GRSP) which posits that girls internalize dominant expectations for traditional femininity and experience psychological stress, strain, and conflict as they navigate a binary gendered world. The Male Role Norms Inventory (MRNI) is a measure of masculinity ideologies, a central construct in the GRSP. The Femininity Ideology Scale was created to measure …
Arousal and Arousability
The Sexual Arousability Inventory and the Sexuality Arousability Inventory—Expanded measure sexual arousability and anxiety. Construct validity of the Arousability scale has been demonstrated by consistently high correlations with four criterion variables: awareness of physiological changes during sexual arousal, satisfaction with sexual responsiveness, frequency of intercourse, and total episodes of intercourse before marriage. Small positive co…
Condoms
Consistent use of the male latex condom is an effective method of reducing the risk of transmitting and acquiring many sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and unintended pregnancy; however, consistently using condoms is not sufficient—condoms must be used correctly. The Condom Use Errors/Problems Survey is a comprehensive assessment of errors and problems that people may experience when using male condoms that may lead to condom failur…
Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures
This classic and invaluable reference handbook, written for sex researchers and their students, has now been completely revised in a new, fourth edition. It remains the only easy and efficient way for researchers to learn about, evaluate, and compare instruments that have previously been used in sex research.
Factors that Influence Sexual Arousal in Men
Validation of the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women and Men
Ecological Factors Associated with STD Risk Behaviors among Detained Female Adolescents
The authors used Bronfenbrenner's conceptual framework of an ecological systems model to examine factors that are independently associated with sexually transmitted disease (STD) risk behaviors among 280 sexually active detained female adolescents. Using computer-assisted self-interviewing procedures, the authors assessed individual characteristics, peer relations, community factors, and media influences and their association to STD risk behavior…
Do Associations Between Pleasure Ratings and Condom Use During Penile–Vaginal Intercourse Vary by Relationship Type
Research suggests the relationship between pleasure and condom use during penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI) is associated with relationship status. This online study examined pleasure ratings and condom use at last PVI, stratifying by partner type, among a national sample of Canadian university students. Participants were 715 undergraduates (60.7% women, 39.3% men) who reported on their most recent sexual experience. Condom use decreased with leve…
HIV-Associated Histories, Perceptions, and Practices Among Low-Income African American Women
Objectives. This study compared HIV-associated sexual health history, risk perceptions, and sexual risk behaviors of low-income rural and nonrural African American women. Methods. A cross-sectional statewide survey of African American women (n = 571) attending federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinics was conducted. Results. Adjusted analyses indicated that rural women were more likely to rep…
Public Opinion About Condoms for HIV and STD Prevention
Public opinion appears to support the provision of correct condom use information in Indiana public schools. Schools should consider providing only medically accurate information about condoms and including condoms in instruction so students can see and touch them
Assessment of Condom Use in Men and Women
Self-reported condom use is a key variable in surveys of sexual behavior and in studies evaluating interventions to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections. This article provides a review of how male condom use has been assessed in research. We critically review a number of methodological issues, including the length of the recall period, terminology, specification of partner variables, validity and reliability of condom use, and use o…
New Directions in Venereal Disease Education
This article primarily for middle and secondary school teachers presents an overview of the new directions in education concerning sexually transmissible diseases (STD). It suggests long-range behavioral goals concepts affective domain strategies and teaching resources for STD education that reflect the present STD situation. An STD fact sheet for students is also given. (authors)
SSSS Presidential address
The content and presentation of AIDS/sexuality education messages affect the influence of the program. The messages will be more successful in reaching desired program outcomes if specific principles of message construction are followed. Authors of AIDS/sexuality education material for youth often face challenges that make the development of appropriate messages difficult. I suggest eight principles for authors to follow in writing specific messa…
Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures
HIV-Associated Histories, Perceptions, and Practices Among Low-Income African American Women
Objectives. This study compared HIV-associated sexual health history, risk perceptions, and sexual risk behaviors of low-income rural and nonrural African American women. Methods. A cross-sectional statewide survey of African American women (n = 571) attending federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinics was conducted. Results. Adjusted analyses indicated that rural women were more likely to rep…
Rural and Nonrural African American High School Students and STD/HIV Sexual-Risk Behaviors
African American rural adolescents, particularly females, may have greater risk for STD/HIV infection than do their nonrural counterparts
Condom Use as a Dependent Variable
Sexual Health Among Male College Students in the United States and the Netherlands
Findings suggest that sexuality education seems to decrease, rather than increase, sexual risk in heterosexually active male college students
Public Opinion About Condoms for HIV and STD Prevention
Public opinion appears to support the provision of correct condom use information in Indiana public schools. Schools should consider providing only medically accurate information about condoms and including condoms in instruction so students can see and touch them
Public Opinion About Condoms for HIV and STD Prevention
Assessment of Condom Use in Men and Women
Self-reported condom use is a key variable in surveys of sexual behavior and in studies evaluating interventions to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections. This article provides a review of how male condom use has been assessed in research. We critically review a number of methodological issues, including the length of the recall period, terminology, specification of partner variables, validity and reliability of condom use, and use o…
Women Who Put Condoms on Male Partners
Ecological Factors Associated with STD Risk Behaviors among Detained Female Adolescents
The authors used Bronfenbrenner's conceptual framework of an ecological systems model to examine factors that are independently associated with sexually transmitted disease (STD) risk behaviors among 280 sexually active detained female adolescents. Using computer-assisted self-interviewing procedures, the authors assessed individual characteristics, peer relations, community factors, and media influences and their association to STD risk behavior…
Family influences and biologically confirmed sexually transmitted infections among detained adolescents
Data from a convenience sample of 476 detained adolescents were used to examine the relationship between family influences and biologically confirmed sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Results indicated that frequent parental monitoring was negatively associated with STD infection and that this relationship was modified by age, gender, and race. Findings suggest that STD prevention efforts for detained adolescents (particularly high-risk minor…
A Theory-Based Approach to Understanding Condom Errors and Problems Reported by Men Attending an STI Clinic
Witnessing community violence and health-risk behaviors among detained adolescents
This study examines whether witnessing community violence, in the 12 months prior to juvenile detention, is related and health-related outcomes in the 2 months prior to being detained among 550 youth. Participants answered survey questions using audio-computer assisted self-interviewing procedures, which assessed demographic, problem, and drug and sexual risk behaviors. Multiple logistic regression analyses, controlling for significant covariates…
Factors that Influence Sexual Arousal in Men
Correlates of Correct Condom Use Among High-Risk African American Men Attending an Urban STD Clinic in the South
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess prevalence and correlates of correct condom use among high-risk African American men attending a publicly-funded sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic. Men 18 through 29 years of age and newly diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease were further assessed for study eligibility. Of 296 meeting eligibility criteria, 271 agreed to participate thereby yielding a participation rate of 91…
Incomplete Use of Condoms
Validation of the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women and Men
Understanding Problems with Condom Fit and Feel
Douglas Bernard Kirby, PhD
Human sexuality
Circumcision Status is Not Associated with Condom Use and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Black MSM
Antecedents of Condom-Protected Oral Sex Among Young Black MSM
Oral sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) is a common mode of STI transmission. This study identified the prevalence and antecedents of condom-protected oral sex among a sample of 526 young Black MSM having oral sex in the past 90 days. Men engaging in condomless anal receptive sex were less likely to report always using condoms for oral sex (p = .007). Men agreeing that “condoms help me have better sex” (p = .004) and those indicating alway…
Do Associations Between Pleasure Ratings and Condom Use During Penile–Vaginal Intercourse Vary by Relationship Type
Research suggests the relationship between pleasure and condom use during penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI) is associated with relationship status. This online study examined pleasure ratings and condom use at last PVI, stratifying by partner type, among a national sample of Canadian university students. Participants were 715 undergraduates (60.7% women, 39.3% men) who reported on their most recent sexual experience. Condom use decreased with leve…
Psychology (47 obras) · Medicine (31 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (27 obras) · Social Psychology (19 obras) · Demography (17 obras) · Family medicine (17 obras) · Condom (15 obras) · Population (15 obras) · Clinical Psychology (14 obras) · Sociology (14 obras)