TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations Between Body Appreciation and Comfort Communicating About Sex
T2 - A Brief Report
AU - Ramseyer Winter, Virginia
AU - Gillen, Meghan M.
AU - Kennedy, Andrea K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2018/3/4
Y1 - 2018/3/4
N2 - Communicating about sex with potential or current sex partners can lead to many positive outcomes, including fewer unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Although body image is related to many sexual health behaviors, the association between positive body image and comfort communicating about sex is underexplored. The purpose of the current study is to better understand this relationship among a sample of 399 18- to 25-year-old college women. Results suggest that positive body image, measured by body appreciation, is related to greater comfort communicating about sex with a current sex partner, even after accounting for body mass index (BMI).
AB - Communicating about sex with potential or current sex partners can lead to many positive outcomes, including fewer unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Although body image is related to many sexual health behaviors, the association between positive body image and comfort communicating about sex is underexplored. The purpose of the current study is to better understand this relationship among a sample of 399 18- to 25-year-old college women. Results suggest that positive body image, measured by body appreciation, is related to greater comfort communicating about sex with a current sex partner, even after accounting for body mass index (BMI).
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2016.1255845
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2016.1255845
M3 - Article
C2 - 28033473
AN - SCOPUS:85007489272
SN - 1041-0236
VL - 33
SP - 359
EP - 362
JO - Health communication
JF - Health communication
IS - 3
ER -
