PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF FREE-ASSOCIATIVE SEX RESPONSES TO DOUBLE-ENTENDRE WORDS.

SEX RELATED RESPONSES GIVEN IN FREE ASSOCIATION TO DOUBLE-ENTENDRE WORDS WERE RELATED TO THE PERSONALITY VARIABLES OF SEX GUILT, NEED FOR HETEROSEXUALITY, AND THE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE SET. TESTING WAS CONDUCTED INDIVIDUALLY. VARIABLES OF SEX GUILT, SEXUAL MOTIVE STRENGTH, AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE TENDENCY WERE MEASURED RESPECTIVELY BY THE MOSHER FORCED-CHOICE GUILT SCALE, THE EPPS, AND THE MARLOW-CROWNE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SCALE. RESULTS INDICATED A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEED FOR HETEROSEXUALITY AND ASSOCIATIVE SEXUAL RESPONSES, AND A NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEX GUILT AND SEXUAL RESPONSIVITY. CONTRARY TO PREDICTION, ASSOCIATIVE SEXUAL RESPONSES WERE UNRELATED TO THE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE TENDENCY. DATA ALSO SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE RELATION BETWEEN SEX GUILT AND SEXUAL NEED STRENGTH, AND A LOW POSITIVE RELATION BETWEEN SEX GUILT AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)