Michael W Wiederman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 176243 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael W Wiederman |
| PRENOMES | Michael W |
| SOBRENOME | Wiederman |
| ASSINATURA | WIEDERMAN M W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ball State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4071-3334 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 396 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Sexual Script Theory
Childhood bullying and healthcare adherence in adulthood
BACKGROUND: The relationship between childhood bullying and healthcare adherence in adulthood has been rarely studied, but one published study suggests that being bullied in childhood is related to lower healthcare adherence among adolescents. This previous study examined few adherence variables and was limited to youths. AIMS: In this study, we assessed five variables for childhood bullying as related to seven measures of healthcare adherence am…
Religiosity/spirituality
BACKGROUND: The relationships between religiosity/spirituality (RS) and self-harm behavior, including non-suicidal self-harm behavior (NS-SHB) and suicide attempts/completions, remain of keen interest. Whereas the majority of studies strongly suggest that RS protects against suicide attempts/completions, relationships between RS and NS-SHB have been rarely studied. AIM: In this study, we examined RS in relationship to both NS-SHB (six explicit be…
Distancing oneself from God among perpetrators of partner violence
Being bullied in childhood, and pain and pain perception in adulthood
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: While a number of negative health outcomes have been associated with bullying in childhood, we are not aware of any studies examining relationships between bullying in childhood, and pain symptoms and pain perception in adulthood - the focus of the present study. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional consecutive sample and a self-report survey methodology, we examined among 243 primary-care outpatients a history of being bullied i…
Distancing oneself from God
Self-harm behaviour traditionally has been associated with borderline personality disorder. In this study, we examined the relationship between borderline personality symptomatology and intentionally distancing oneself from God as self-punishment, based on the assumption that such self-punishment may represent a form of self-harm behaviour. Data from four previous samples of primary care outpatients collected over a two-year period were combined …
Having been bullied in childhood
AIMS: Victimization through being bullied in childhood is traditionally associated with subsequent internalizing symptoms, but some literature suggests otherwise. In this study, we examined a history of being bullied in relationship to 21 externalized aggressive behaviours in adulthood. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional approach and a self-report survey methodology, we examined a history of being bullied in childhood in relation to 21 aggression v…
Handbook for Conducting Research on Human Sexuality
Contents: M.W. Wiederman, B.E. Whitley, Jr., A Preview: The Unique Nature of Sexuality Research. Part I:Foundations of Research. D.L. Weis, The Need to Integrate Sexual Theory and Research. M.W. Wiederman, Reliability and Validity of Measurement. B.E. Whitley, Jr., Validity in Research. Part II:Data Collection. M.P. Dunne, Sampling Considerations. M.M. Moore, Behavioral Observation. E. Janssen, Psychophysiological Measurement of Sexual Arousal. P…
The Gendered Nature of Sexual Scripts
Social scripting theory points to the fact that much of sexual behavior seems to follow a script. Similar to scripts that stage actors use to guide their behavior, social scripts instruct members of a society as to appropriate behavior and the meanings to attach to certain behaviors. In Western cultures, scripts for sexual activity are markedly different for males and females. In this article, the goals are to provide (a) an introduction to socia…
Gender and reactions to a hypothetical relationship partner's masturbation and use of sexually explicit media
Heterosexual college students completed a questionnaire measuring affective reactions and cognitive attributions pertaining to behavior by a hypothetical relationship partner. Compared to men, women indicated more negative feelings about a partner's solitary sexual behavior. For men and women, a partner's use of sexually explicit material was rated more negatively than a partner's masturbation. Regarding the attributions, there was a difference o…
Women's body image self‐consciousness during physical intimacy with a partner
In Western cultures, women's bodies are objectified more so than men's, and other writers have noted the multiple ways that such objectification may negatively impact women's lives. As women's sexual desirability is often equated with physical attractiveness and thinness, it is surprising that previous investigations have not included women's body image self‐consciousness during physical intimacy with a partner. In the current set of studies, a 1…
Evolution, Sex, and Jealousy
Bodily Self-Harm and Its Relationship to Childhood Abuse Among Women in a Primary Care Setting
Past research has demonstrated a relationship between childhood abuse and subsequent self-injurious behavior. However, this research typically has taken place in mental health settings, focused on childhood sexual or physical abuse, and has explored a limited number of self-injury variables (most commonly suicide attempts). Among 147 women in a primary care setting, the authors explored the relationship between five forms of childhood abuse or tr…
Volunteer bias in sexuality research using college student participants
Volunteer bias in sexuality research employing college student samples has been documented in previous research. In the current study, such potential volunteer bias was further investigated, as was respondents' self‐reported level of emotional discomfort during participation. College student men (n = 310) and women (n = 399) completed an anonymous questionnaire and were asked to indicate their willingness to volunteer for a similar questionnaire …
Policy capturing methodology in sexuality research
Many research questions in sexuality involve assessing the stimuli that influence peoples' decisions and judgments. Typically, such research relies on self‐reports of these influences, although it appears that humans have little or no insight into their own mental processes. Policy capturing is a more direct method for quantifying the factors influencing respondents' judgments, and this approach allows for assessment of the degree to which indivi…
Extradyadic Involvement during Dating
College student men (n = 299) and women (n = 392) reported their experiences with extradyadic (ED) dating and sexual activity. We also investigated the relationships between ED activity and religiosity, sex-love-marriage association beliefs, narcissism, sexual sensation seeking, a 'ludic' or game-playing orientation to romantic relationships, and self-perceived ability to deceive one's dating partner. Despite normative disapproval for ED activity…
Evolution and Sex Differences in Preferences for Short-Term Mates Results from a Policy Capturing Study
Disordered Eating and Perceptions of Childhood Abuse Among Women in a Primary Care Setting
Research has demonstrated links between sexual abuse and disordered eating among women in college student and mental health samples. Little is known about such relationships among women from other samples or the relationship between other forms of childhood abuse as well as disordered eating (vomiting, starvation, laxative abuse). Prevalence of disordered eating was significantly higher among women who indicated a perceived childhood history of s…
The state of theory in sex therapy
It has been approximately three decades since the advent of contemporary sex therapy. What is the current state of theory underlying the practice of sex therapy? In attempting to answer that question, I provide a brief overview of the history of contemporary sex therapy and discuss some assumptions underlying common therapeutic approaches. These assumptions are considered with regard to three interrelated dimensions: etiological factors behind se…
Not with him you don't!”
Gender differences in sexual jealousy have been the focus of earlier research; however, potential effects due to gender of the interloper have not been examined. In Study 1, college men and women rated their upset in response to same‐gender versus other‐gender sexual infidelity by a dating partner. Men found male‐female sexual infidelity most upsetting whereas women found male‐male sexual infidelity most upsetting. This gender difference was repl…
Body size, physical attractiveness, and body image among young adult women
Although links between women's sexuality and body size, attractiveness, and body image may seem apparent, little empirical work has been conducted on this topic. In the current study, young adult women (N = 192) completed questionnaires and were weighed and rated for facial attractiveness. In general, current body size, experimenter‐rated facial attractiveness, and self‐rated facial and bodily attractiveness were related in some ways to current r…
The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
Physical Attractiveness, Body Image, and Women's Sexual Self-Schema
Recently, Andersen and Cyranowski (1994) presented a self-report measure of women's sexual self-schema, or cognitive view of the self regarding sexuality. In the current study, we investigated potential relationships between women's sexual self-schema and physical attractiveness, body size and shape, and body image. Young adult women ( N = 199) completed questionnaires and were weighed, measured, and rated for facial attractiveness. Results revea…
Extramarital sex
In the current study, data from a nationally representative sample of 884 men and 1,288 women (1994 General Social Survey, Davis & Smith, 1994) who have ever been married were analyzed with regard to incidence, prevalence, and correlates of extramarital sex (EMS). Men were more likely than women to report ever engaging in EMS (22.7% vs. 11.6%, p < .00001), yet, after correcting the probability value for multiple tests, the apparent gender differe…
The truth must be in here somewhere
One of the most consistent and troubling findings in sexuality research is that men report a substantially greater number of sexual intercourse partners compared to women. In a population that is more or less closed and is comprised of approximately equal proportions of men and women, such a finding is illogical. In the current article, I review the primary explanations that have been offered for this gender discrepancy and review the relevant da…
Volunteer bias in sexuality research using college student participants
Volunteer bias in sexuality research employing college student samples has been documented in previous research. In the current study, such potential volunteer bias was further investigated, as was respondents' self‐reported level of emotional discomfort during participation. College student men (n = 310) and women (n = 399) completed an anonymous questionnaire and were asked to indicate their willingness to volunteer for a similar questionnaire …
Women's body image self‐consciousness during physical intimacy with a partner
In Western cultures, women's bodies are objectified more so than men's, and other writers have noted the multiple ways that such objectification may negatively impact women's lives. As women's sexual desirability is often equated with physical attractiveness and thinness, it is surprising that previous investigations have not included women's body image self‐consciousness during physical intimacy with a partner. In the current set of studies, a 1…
Extramarital sex
In the current study, data from a nationally representative sample of 884 men and 1,288 women (1994 General Social Survey, Davis & Smith, 1994) who have ever been married were analyzed with regard to incidence, prevalence, and correlates of extramarital sex (EMS). Men were more likely than women to report ever engaging in EMS (22.7% vs. 11.6%, p < .00001), yet, after correcting the probability value for multiple tests, the apparent gender differe…
Extradyadic Involvement during Dating
College student men (n = 299) and women (n = 392) reported their experiences with extradyadic (ED) dating and sexual activity. We also investigated the relationships between ED activity and religiosity, sex-love-marriage association beliefs, narcissism, sexual sensation seeking, a 'ludic' or game-playing orientation to romantic relationships, and self-perceived ability to deceive one's dating partner. Despite normative disapproval for ED activity…
Body size, physical attractiveness, and body image among young adult women
Although links between women's sexuality and body size, attractiveness, and body image may seem apparent, little empirical work has been conducted on this topic. In the current study, young adult women (N = 192) completed questionnaires and were weighed and rated for facial attractiveness. In general, current body size, experimenter‐rated facial attractiveness, and self‐rated facial and bodily attractiveness were related in some ways to current r…
The truth must be in here somewhere
One of the most consistent and troubling findings in sexuality research is that men report a substantially greater number of sexual intercourse partners compared to women. In a population that is more or less closed and is comprised of approximately equal proportions of men and women, such a finding is illogical. In the current article, I review the primary explanations that have been offered for this gender discrepancy and review the relevant da…
Demographic and sexual characteristics of nonresponders to sexual experience items in a national survey
Given the heavy reliance on self‐report measures, volunteer bias due to patterns of nonresponse is an important issue in sex research. In the present study, rates of nonresponse to self‐administered sexual experience questions posed to individuals in a national probability sample (NORC data; Davis & Smith, 1990) of English‐speaking adult households (N = 3,646) were analyzed as a function of demographic characteristics. Differences between respond…
Ethnicity in 25 years of published sexuality research
We investigated the degree to which ethnicity has been a focus of sexuality research by coding all research reports published in The Journal of Sex Research (n = 454) and Archives of Sexual Behavior (n = 673) between 1971 and 1995 with regard to the ethnic composition of the sample and whether ethnicity was a variable used in the research. Overall, only about one quarter of the articles even included a description of the ethnic composition of the…
Not with him you don't!”
Gender differences in sexual jealousy have been the focus of earlier research; however, potential effects due to gender of the interloper have not been examined. In Study 1, college men and women rated their upset in response to same‐gender versus other‐gender sexual infidelity by a dating partner. Men found male‐female sexual infidelity most upsetting whereas women found male‐male sexual infidelity most upsetting. This gender difference was repl…
Gender and reactions to a hypothetical relationship partner's masturbation and use of sexually explicit media
Heterosexual college students completed a questionnaire measuring affective reactions and cognitive attributions pertaining to behavior by a hypothetical relationship partner. Compared to men, women indicated more negative feelings about a partner's solitary sexual behavior. For men and women, a partner's use of sexually explicit material was rated more negatively than a partner's masturbation. Regarding the attributions, there was a difference o…
Physical Attractiveness, Body Image, and Women's Sexual Self-Schema
Recently, Andersen and Cyranowski (1994) presented a self-report measure of women's sexual self-schema, or cognitive view of the self regarding sexuality. In the current study, we investigated potential relationships between women's sexual self-schema and physical attractiveness, body size and shape, and body image. Young adult women ( N = 199) completed questionnaires and were weighed, measured, and rated for facial attractiveness. Results revea…
The state of theory in sex therapy
It has been approximately three decades since the advent of contemporary sex therapy. What is the current state of theory underlying the practice of sex therapy? In attempting to answer that question, I provide a brief overview of the history of contemporary sex therapy and discuss some assumptions underlying common therapeutic approaches. These assumptions are considered with regard to three interrelated dimensions: etiological factors behind se…
The Measurement of Sexual-Esteem
How Useful is Evolutionary Psychology for Understanding Contemporary Human Sexual Behavior
My own view of the optimal outcome [of investigation and writing from an evolutionary perspective] would be for the significance of evolution to become so widely known and so thoroughly embedded in the understanding of those working in the human-oriented disciplines, that its tenets can be employed, without fanfare, when they are useful, and ignored or discarded when they are not
Policy capturing methodology in sexuality research
Many research questions in sexuality involve assessing the stimuli that influence peoples' decisions and judgments. Typically, such research relies on self‐reports of these influences, although it appears that humans have little or no insight into their own mental processes. Policy capturing is a more direct method for quantifying the factors influencing respondents' judgments, and this approach allows for assessment of the degree to which indivi…
The Measurement of Sexual-Esteem
Demographic and sexual characteristics of nonresponders to sexual experience items in a national survey
Given the heavy reliance on self‐report measures, volunteer bias due to patterns of nonresponse is an important issue in sex research. In the present study, rates of nonresponse to self‐administered sexual experience questions posed to individuals in a national probability sample (NORC data; Davis & Smith, 1990) of English‐speaking adult households (N = 3,646) were analyzed as a function of demographic characteristics. Differences between respond…
How Useful is Evolutionary Psychology for Understanding Contemporary Human Sexual Behavior
My own view of the optimal outcome [of investigation and writing from an evolutionary perspective] would be for the significance of evolution to become so widely known and so thoroughly embedded in the understanding of those working in the human-oriented disciplines, that its tenets can be employed, without fanfare, when they are useful, and ignored or discarded when they are not
Do we need a new degree for mental health care providers
Do we need a new degree for mental health care providers
Women, sex, and food
There has long been a proposed link between sexuality and eating disorders. However, the empirical research on the potential relationship between sexual functioning and disordered eating generally has been unfocused and of relatively poor quality. In the current article I review research on relationships between eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa) and sexual attitudes and experience among women, including the sexual functionin…
Ethnicity in 25 years of published sexuality research
We investigated the degree to which ethnicity has been a focus of sexuality research by coding all research reports published in The Journal of Sex Research (n = 454) and Archives of Sexual Behavior (n = 673) between 1971 and 1995 with regard to the ethnic composition of the sample and whether ethnicity was a variable used in the research. Overall, only about one quarter of the articles even included a description of the ethnic composition of the…
Physical Attractiveness, Body Image, and Women's Sexual Self-Schema
Recently, Andersen and Cyranowski (1994) presented a self-report measure of women's sexual self-schema, or cognitive view of the self regarding sexuality. In the current study, we investigated potential relationships between women's sexual self-schema and physical attractiveness, body size and shape, and body image. Young adult women ( N = 199) completed questionnaires and were weighed, measured, and rated for facial attractiveness. Results revea…
Extramarital sex
In the current study, data from a nationally representative sample of 884 men and 1,288 women (1994 General Social Survey, Davis & Smith, 1994) who have ever been married were analyzed with regard to incidence, prevalence, and correlates of extramarital sex (EMS). Men were more likely than women to report ever engaging in EMS (22.7% vs. 11.6%, p < .00001), yet, after correcting the probability value for multiple tests, the apparent gender differe…
The truth must be in here somewhere
One of the most consistent and troubling findings in sexuality research is that men report a substantially greater number of sexual intercourse partners compared to women. In a population that is more or less closed and is comprised of approximately equal proportions of men and women, such a finding is illogical. In the current article, I review the primary explanations that have been offered for this gender discrepancy and review the relevant da…
Evolution and Sex Differences in Preferences for Short-Term Mates Results from a Policy Capturing Study
Disordered Eating and Perceptions of Childhood Abuse Among Women in a Primary Care Setting
Research has demonstrated links between sexual abuse and disordered eating among women in college student and mental health samples. Little is known about such relationships among women from other samples or the relationship between other forms of childhood abuse as well as disordered eating (vomiting, starvation, laxative abuse). Prevalence of disordered eating was significantly higher among women who indicated a perceived childhood history of s…
The state of theory in sex therapy
It has been approximately three decades since the advent of contemporary sex therapy. What is the current state of theory underlying the practice of sex therapy? In attempting to answer that question, I provide a brief overview of the history of contemporary sex therapy and discuss some assumptions underlying common therapeutic approaches. These assumptions are considered with regard to three interrelated dimensions: etiological factors behind se…
Not with him you don't!”
Gender differences in sexual jealousy have been the focus of earlier research; however, potential effects due to gender of the interloper have not been examined. In Study 1, college men and women rated their upset in response to same‐gender versus other‐gender sexual infidelity by a dating partner. Men found male‐female sexual infidelity most upsetting whereas women found male‐male sexual infidelity most upsetting. This gender difference was repl…
Body size, physical attractiveness, and body image among young adult women
Although links between women's sexuality and body size, attractiveness, and body image may seem apparent, little empirical work has been conducted on this topic. In the current study, young adult women (N = 192) completed questionnaires and were weighed and rated for facial attractiveness. In general, current body size, experimenter‐rated facial attractiveness, and self‐rated facial and bodily attractiveness were related in some ways to current r…
The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
Evolution, Sex, and Jealousy
Bodily Self-Harm and Its Relationship to Childhood Abuse Among Women in a Primary Care Setting
Past research has demonstrated a relationship between childhood abuse and subsequent self-injurious behavior. However, this research typically has taken place in mental health settings, focused on childhood sexual or physical abuse, and has explored a limited number of self-injury variables (most commonly suicide attempts). Among 147 women in a primary care setting, the authors explored the relationship between five forms of childhood abuse or tr…
Volunteer bias in sexuality research using college student participants
Volunteer bias in sexuality research employing college student samples has been documented in previous research. In the current study, such potential volunteer bias was further investigated, as was respondents' self‐reported level of emotional discomfort during participation. College student men (n = 310) and women (n = 399) completed an anonymous questionnaire and were asked to indicate their willingness to volunteer for a similar questionnaire …
Policy capturing methodology in sexuality research
Many research questions in sexuality involve assessing the stimuli that influence peoples' decisions and judgments. Typically, such research relies on self‐reports of these influences, although it appears that humans have little or no insight into their own mental processes. Policy capturing is a more direct method for quantifying the factors influencing respondents' judgments, and this approach allows for assessment of the degree to which indivi…
Extradyadic Involvement during Dating
College student men (n = 299) and women (n = 392) reported their experiences with extradyadic (ED) dating and sexual activity. We also investigated the relationships between ED activity and religiosity, sex-love-marriage association beliefs, narcissism, sexual sensation seeking, a 'ludic' or game-playing orientation to romantic relationships, and self-perceived ability to deceive one's dating partner. Despite normative disapproval for ED activity…
Gender and reactions to a hypothetical relationship partner's masturbation and use of sexually explicit media
Heterosexual college students completed a questionnaire measuring affective reactions and cognitive attributions pertaining to behavior by a hypothetical relationship partner. Compared to men, women indicated more negative feelings about a partner's solitary sexual behavior. For men and women, a partner's use of sexually explicit material was rated more negatively than a partner's masturbation. Regarding the attributions, there was a difference o…
Women's body image self‐consciousness during physical intimacy with a partner
In Western cultures, women's bodies are objectified more so than men's, and other writers have noted the multiple ways that such objectification may negatively impact women's lives. As women's sexual desirability is often equated with physical attractiveness and thinness, it is surprising that previous investigations have not included women's body image self‐consciousness during physical intimacy with a partner. In the current set of studies, a 1…
The Gendered Nature of Sexual Scripts
Social scripting theory points to the fact that much of sexual behavior seems to follow a script. Similar to scripts that stage actors use to guide their behavior, social scripts instruct members of a society as to appropriate behavior and the meanings to attach to certain behaviors. In Western cultures, scripts for sexual activity are markedly different for males and females. In this article, the goals are to provide (a) an introduction to socia…
Handbook for Conducting Research on Human Sexuality
Contents: M.W. Wiederman, B.E. Whitley, Jr., A Preview: The Unique Nature of Sexuality Research. Part I:Foundations of Research. D.L. Weis, The Need to Integrate Sexual Theory and Research. M.W. Wiederman, Reliability and Validity of Measurement. B.E. Whitley, Jr., Validity in Research. Part II:Data Collection. M.P. Dunne, Sampling Considerations. M.M. Moore, Behavioral Observation. E. Janssen, Psychophysiological Measurement of Sexual Arousal. P…
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