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Paper Title

Arousal and Arousability

Keywords

  • Sexual Arousal
  • Arousability
  • Sexual Arousability Inventory
  • Sexuality Arousability Inventory—Expanded
  • Sexual Excitation
  • Sexual Inhibition
  • Dual Control Model
  • Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)
  • Construct Validity
  • Sexual Responsiveness
  • Physiological Changes
  • Erotic Fantasies
  • Sexual Warmth
  • Genital Sensations
  • Non-Genital Sensations
  • Sexual Absorption
  • Excitatory Mechanisms
  • Inhibitory Mechanisms
  • Sexual Function
  • Arousal Measurement
  • Sexual Satisfaction
  • Sexual Functioning
  • Sexual Health
  • Psychometrics

Article Type

Research Article

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Issue

Volume : 4th Edition | Page No : 64–86

Published On

March, 2020

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Abstract

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 correlations between the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and sexual excitation (SE) and its subscales and positive correlations between the FSFI Arousal subscales and SE-Arousability supports construct validity of the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women. The central assumption of the Dual Control Model is that sexual arousal and related processes result from a balance between inhibitory and excitatory mechanisms. Ratings of Sexual Arousal consists of the five items, selected from a pool of 11 items, yielding the highest alpha coefficients across self-reports to four types of erotic fantasies. The five items selected were sexual arousal, genital sensations, sexual warmth, non-genital physical sensations, and sexual absorption.

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