skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

Pleasure please! Sexual pleasure and influencing factors in transgender persons: An ENIGI follow-up study

International journal of transgender health, 2023, Vol.24 (2), p.212-224 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. ;2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. 2022 The Author(s) ;ISSN: 2689-5269 ;EISSN: 2689-5277 ;DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2022.2028693 ;PMID: 37114112

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    Pleasure please! Sexual pleasure and influencing factors in transgender persons: An ENIGI follow-up study
  • Author: Gieles, Noor C ; van de Grift, Tim C ; Elaut, Els ; Heylens, Gunter ; Becker-Hebly, Inga ; Nieder, Timo O ; Laan, Ellen T M ; Kreukels, Baudewijntje P C
  • Is Part Of: International journal of transgender health, 2023, Vol.24 (2), p.212-224
  • Description: While the importance of sexual pleasure for physical and mental health becomes increasingly evident, research on sexual pleasure in transgender persons is lacking. Recently, the first version of the Amsterdam Sexual Pleasure Index (ASPI Vol. 0.1) was validated in cisgender persons. This questionnaire aims to assess the tendency to experience sexual pleasure independent of gender, sexual orientation or anatomy. The aims of this study were threefold. First, to perform exploratory scale validation analyses of the ASPI in transgender persons. Secondly, to compare transgender sexual pleasure scores to reference data in cisgender persons. Finally, to identify factors that are associated with sexual pleasure. In a follow-up study conducted within the European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence (ENIGI), online questionnaires were distributed to persons who had a first clinical contact at gender clinics in Amsterdam, Ghent or Hamburg four to six years earlier. Internal consistency of the ASPI was assessed by calculating McDonald's omega (ω ). ASPI scores were compared to scores from the cisgender population using a one sample t-test, and linear regressions were conducted to study associations with clinical characteristics, psychological wellbeing, body satisfaction and self-reported happiness. In total, 325 persons filled out the ASPI. The ASPI showed excellent internal consistency (ω , all: 0.97; transfeminine: 0.97, transmasculine: 0.97). Compared to data from cisgender persons, transgender participants had significantly lower total ASPI scores (i.e., lower sexual pleasure; transgender vs. cisgender, mean(SD): 4.13(0.94) vs. 4.71(0.61)). Lower age, current happiness and genital body satisfaction were associated with a higher tendency to experience sexual pleasure. The ASPI can be used to assess the tendency to experience sexual pleasure and associated factors in transgender persons. Future studies are needed to understand interplaying biopsychosocial factors that promote sexual pleasure and hence transgender sexual health and wellbeing.
  • Publisher: United States: Taylor & Francis
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2689-5269
    EISSN: 2689-5277
    DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2022.2028693
    PMID: 37114112
  • Source: PubMed Central
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait