scholarly journals Attraction at first fright? What Datton & Aron really demonstrated almost 40 years ago

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-198
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Szczucka
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Aversive Stimulus ◽  
Cient Condition ◽  
Classic Article ◽  
Electric Shocks ◽  
Suspended Bridge ◽  
Attractive Woman

Almost four decades have passed since Dutton and Aron (1974) published their classic article in JPSP in which they present the results of three studies. According to interpretations of the results done by the authors, the suffi cient condition of obtaining the effect of increased sexual attraction toward the object (an attractive woman) - which must be present shortly after or while waiting to become an aversive stimulus - is the induction in the subjects of a strong autonomic arousal. This can be done via crossing a high suspended bridge or anticipating the receipt of strong electric shocks. However, the results of reanalysis do not allow such a conclusion. In the article the author presents the results of secondary analysis and lists methodological, theoretical and interpretative incoherences.

A Preliminary Study of Anxiety, Negative Affect, Experiential Avoidance, and Delaying of Aversive Events

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault ◽  
James W. Diller
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Time Delays ◽  
Aversive Stimulus ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Aversive Events ◽  
Electric Shocks ◽  
Preliminary Study

The current study examined the role of anxiety, negative affect, and trait experiential avoidance in choices between immediate and delayed aversive outcomes. Undergraduate students (N = 34) completed self-report measures and a laboratory-based delay-discounting task in which they made choices between electric shocks delivered immediately versus shocks delivered after various time delays. The hypotheses that higher levels of anxiety, greater negative affectivity, and greater tendency to engage in experiential avoidance would predict choices of an objectively worse delayed aversive stimulus over an immediate (but less severe) aversive stimulus were supported. These findings may have implications for interventions that target behavioural and experiential avoidance in anxiety.

The Heart of Sexual Attraction

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D. McAnulty
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Attraction

Sexual Attraction After Gender Transition

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystal L. Jacob ◽  
Jane Tram ◽  
Adrienne Wolmark
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Gender Transition

Patterns of Sexual Attraction and Behavior Reported by a Sample of Bisexual People in Ontario, Canada

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori E. Ross ◽  
Nancy Tang ◽  
Margaret Robinson ◽  
Cheryl Dobinson ◽  
Scott Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Bisexual People

Retinal Detachment

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Brinton ◽  
Charles P. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Retinal Detachment ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Surgery Complications ◽  
Preoperative Management ◽  
Classic Article ◽  
Concise Review ◽  
Indirect Ophthalmoscopy ◽  
Complications Of Surgery ◽  
Preoperative Examination

Retinal Detachment: Principles and Practice provides a historical review of current information on the diagnosis and treatment of retinal detachment. It is intended as both an introduction for graduate students in ophthalmology and a concise review or reference for practicing ophthalmologists. The volume defines the types of retinal detachments, their classifications and causes, and covers preoperative examination, preoperative management, prophylactic procedures, surgery, complications of surgery, and results of reattachment surgery. It also includes a historical introduction, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, and the classic article 'The Technique of Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy,' by Morten L. Rosenthal.

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