Griffith Health Institute and School of Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia.
Arch Sex Behav. 2011 Oct;40(5):927-38. doi: 10.1007/s10508-011-9751-3. Epub 2011 Apr 14.
Sexual self-perceptions are important aspects of sexuality, which can undergo significant change during adolescence and early adulthood. The purpose of this study was to describe these changes among girls (N = 251; ages 16-25) over one year, and to examine associations of sexual self-perceptions (sexual subjectivity) with age, sexual behavior, and romantic status. Sexual body-esteem, perceptions of entitlement to desire and pleasure, sexual efficacy, and sexual self-reflection were investigated as elements of sexual subjectivity. All sexual subjectivity elements were higher among girls who had more sexual experience and/or had steady romantic partners during the study. Perception of entitlement to desire and pleasure increased over time, whereas sexual body-esteem showed the most stability and had minimal associations with sexual or romantic experiences. The greatest increases in sexual subjectivity were found among girls who began the study with the least sociosexual experience and self-reflection also increased for girls who had first coitus after the start of the study. Overall, girls who had sexual intercourse the earliest (before age 16) had the highest sexual subjectivity, but sexual subjectivity increased the most among girls without coital experience or who had more recent first coitus.
性自我认知是性的重要方面，在青春期和成年早期会发生重大变化。本研究的目的是描述女孩（N=251；年龄 16-25 岁）在一年内的这些变化，并探讨性自我认知（性主观性）与年龄、性行为和浪漫关系的关联。性身体自尊、对欲望和愉悦的应有权利的认知、性效能感和性自我反思被视为性主观性的要素。在研究期间有更多性经验和/或稳定浪漫伴侣的女孩，所有性主观性要素都更高。对欲望和愉悦的应有权利的认知随着时间的推移而增加，而性身体自尊则表现出最大的稳定性，与性或浪漫经历的关联最小。在开始研究时性经验最少和自我反思最少的女孩中，性主观性的增长最大，而对于在研究开始后首次发生性行为的女孩，性主观性也有所增加。总的来说，最早发生性行为（16 岁之前）的女孩性主观性最高，但没有性行为经验或最近首次发生性行为的女孩的性主观性增长最大。
