| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1951/55683 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71010 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree. | en_US |
| dc.format | Monograph | |
| dc.format.medium | Electronic Resource | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dc.type | Dissertation | |
| dcterms.abstract | Research has demonstrated that violating the norm of heterosexuality by endorsing a sexual minority identity is associated with poorer psychological well-being. Such studies have failed to take into account the multifaceted nature of sexual orientation, looking primarily at identity, and failing to examine other components, namely same-sex attractions. The present study examined same-sex and other-sex sexual and non-sexual (emotional, romantic) attractions in an Internet sample of 532 adults (n = 244 heterosexual, n = 288 sexual minority). Findings established preliminary support for a measure of sexual and non-sexual attractions, and demonstrate that sexual and non-sexual attractions can be differentiated in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian individuals. The prediction that women would endorse greater emotional attraction than men was supported. The prediction that greater same-sex attractions, particularly sexual, would be associated with poorer well-being was partially supported, with greater same-sex sexual attraction associated with greater loneliness. Contrary to predictions, same-sex attractions were not associated with poorer well-being for men more so than for women. Results from this study highlight the importance of assessing same-sex and other-sex sexual and non-sexual attractions in men and women of different sexual orientations, and provide further support that people experience attractions contradictory to their sexual orientation identity. Further, not all aspects of same-sex sexual orientation (i.e., same-sex attractions) are related to poorer well-being. | |
| dcterms.available | 2012-05-15T18:07:37Z | |
| dcterms.available | 2015-04-24T14:45:32Z | |
| dcterms.contributor | Marvin Goldfried | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Davila, Joanne | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Bonita London-Thompson | en_US |
| dcterms.contributor | Victoria Hesford. | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | Yoneda, Athena | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2012-05-15T18:07:37Z | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2015-04-24T14:45:32Z | |
| dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2012-05-15T18:07:37Z | |
| dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2015-04-24T14:45:32Z | |
| dcterms.description | Department of Clinical Psychology | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Application/PDF | en_US |
| dcterms.format | Monograph | |
| dcterms.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1951/55683 | |
| dcterms.identifier | Yoneda_grad.sunysb_0771E_10173.pdf | en_US |
| dcterms.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71010 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2010-08-01 | |
| dcterms.language | en_US | |
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| dcterms.publisher | The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. | |
| dcterms.subject | Psychology, Clinical | |
| dcterms.subject | Attractions, Sexual fluidity, Sexual orientation | |
| dcterms.title | A Nuanced Perspective of Sexual Orientation and its Relationship with Well-being: Differentiating Sexual and Non-sexual Attractions in Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women and Men | |
| dcterms.type | Dissertation | |
