Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Kiss and tell: Exploring the association between attachment representation and the sexual encounter

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Lai, Hay-Yui Veronica, Thesis advisor (ths): Scharfe, Elaine, Degree committee member (dgc): Humphreys, Terry, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>It has been proposed that individuals often form a romantic attachment to their sexual partners. However, there is little understanding of the role of sexual behaviours in an attachment relationship. This study aims to explore the effect of attachment representations on sexual behaviours during foreplay, intercourse, and afterplay. In two studies, individuals (N = 478) and couples (N =… more

The Relationship between Virginity Scripts and Precoital Sexual Behaviour

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Williams, Clarissa, Thesis advisor (ths): Humphreys, Terry, Degree committee member (dgc): Kennett, Deborah, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Past research has examined the influence of cultural scripts on our first coital experience, but the impact of virginity scripts on precoital sexual behaviour remains unknown. The purpose of this study sought to examine the link between Carpenter's (2001) cognitive frameworks of virginity and precoital sexual behaviour. Two hundred and forty eight participants (32 men, 215 women,… more