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dc.contributor.authorÅgmo, Anders j
dc.contributor.authorLaan, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-16T12:59:09Z
dc.date.available2023-01-16T12:59:09Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-15
dc.description.abstractSexual motivation (desire) requires the simultaneous presence of an active central motive state and a stimulus with sexual significance. Once activated, sexual motivation leads to visceral responses and approach behaviors directed toward the emitter of the sexual stimulus. In humans, such behaviors follow cognitive evaluation of the context, including predictions of the approached individual’s response. After successful approach and establishment of physical contact, manifest sexual activities may be initiated. Sexual interaction is associated with and followed by a state of positive affect in most animals, whereas aversive consequences may be experienced by humans. The affective reactions may become associated with stimuli present during sexual interaction, and these stimuli may thereby alter their incentive properties. Here we show how the incentive motivation model can be used to explain the origins and possible treatments of sexual dysfunctions, notably disorders of desire. We propose that associations formed between negative outcomes of sexual interaction and the salient stimuli, for example, the partner, underlies hypoactive desire disorder. Highly positive outcomes of sexual interaction enhance the incentive value of the stimuli present, and eventually lead to hyperactive sexual desire. Treatments aim to alter the impact of sexual incentives, mainly by modifying cognitive processes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationÅgmo, Laan. The Sexual Incentive Motivation Model and Its Clinical Applications. Journal of Sex Research. 2022:1-20en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2089535
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00224499.2022.2134978
dc.identifier.issn0022-4499
dc.identifier.issn1559-8519
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/28260
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Sex Research
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleThe Sexual Incentive Motivation Model and Its Clinical Applicationsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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