Using the dual control model to understand Chinese and Western cultural influences in sexuality for university women and men
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Psychology, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Dang, Silvain Sili
issued: 2021-04-07T17:43:23Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Young Chinese men and women living in Canada frequently report lower levels of sexual response and behaviour compared to their Euro-Caucasian peers. These differences are likely related to cultural factors and acculturation, but has not been well-integrated into more general models of sexual response regulation. The current investigation used the dual control model to organize and better understand these patterns in three studies in university men and women of Chinese and Euro-Caucasian descent. The first study examined whether dual control processes of sexual excitation and inhibition were applicable to between-group ethnic differences in sexual response and behaviour. Lower sexual excitation explained a significant proportion of the difference in mean sexual response and activity between Chinese and Euro-Caucasian women, and this effect was mediated by sexual attitudes. Sexual attitudes was separately associated with higher sexual inhibition and lower dyadic sexual response and activity in Chinese compared to Euro-Caucasian men. The second study examined the association of heritage and mainstream acculturation with sexual excitation, inhibition, attitudes, response, and activity among the Chinese individuals. For heterosexual men and women, mainstream acculturation was the primary predictor of sexuality variables, while heritage acculturation had a moderating role. Exploratory analyses for non-heterosexual Chinese men and women were also conducted; each sexual orientation group displayed different patterns of associations between acculturation factors and sexuality variables. The third study examined whether between-group differences in sexual excitation and inhibition were associated with sexual dysfunctions, asexuality, or sexual abstinence. The results did not conclusively suggest more dysfunction in Chinese women, but did suggest more dysfunction in Chinese men. Abstinence versus engagement in partnered sex had a moderation role on other outcomes. Theoretical …
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note: USING THE DUAL CONTROL MODEL TO UNDERSTAND CHINESE AND WESTERN CULTURAL INFLUENCES IN SEXUALITY FOR UNIVERSITY WOMEN AND MEN by SILVAIN SILI DANG A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Psychology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) April 2021 © Silvain Sili Dang, 2021 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Using the dual control model to understand Chinese and Western cultural influences in sexuality for university women and men submitted by Silvain Dang in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Examining Committee: Paul L Hewitt, Psychology, UBC Co-supervisor Lori A Brotto, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UBC Co-supervisor Mark Schaller, Psychology, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Kristin Laurin, Psychology, UBC University Examiner Amy Hanser, Sociology, UBC University Examiner iii Abstract Young Chinese men and women living in Canada frequently report lower levels of sexual response and behaviour compared to their Euro-Caucasian peers. These differences are likely related to cultural factors and acculturation, but has not been well-integrated into more general models of sexual response regulation. The current investigation used the dual control model to organize and better understand these patterns in three studies in university men and women of Chinese and Euro-Caucasian descent. The first study examined whether dual control processes of sexual excitation and inhibition were applicable to between-group ethnic differences in sexual response and behaviour. Lower sexual excitation explained a significant proportion of the difference in mean sexual response and activity between Chinese and Euro-Caucasian women, and this effect was mediated by sexual attitudes. Sexual at…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0396554
language: eng
degree discipline: Psychology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/77720