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Prevalence, comfort with, & characteristics of sex toy use in a US convenience sample
No full textAlthough Herbenick and her colleagues have presented findings on vibrator use among different
demographic groups in a US national sample (e.g., Herbenick et al, 2009, 2010; Reece et al,
2009), and Döring and Poeschl (2020) have presented on findings on use of a broader range of
sex toys from a German national sample, little is known about the prevalence and characteristics
of users of a broad range of sex toys in the US. We collected survey data from a sample of
Americans (n = 371) using Reddit.com and our university's Communications Center to solicit
participation. We used survey questions from Döring & Poeschl (2020) to assess sex toy use, and
added questions regarding either comfort with use of sex toys (for those who reported that they
have used toys) or perceived comfort if they have not used toys, but were open to doing so in the
future. We also asked about perceived positive and negative effects of toy use, as well as a
number of possible predictors of use including personality (Introversion and Openness),
sexuality (Sexual Esteem and Sexual Permissiveness), and mental health and trauma-related
experiences (sexual assault, sex problems/dysfunctions, being diagnosed with PTSD). Data that
were collected in 2020 are currently being analyzed as part of the co-author's senior honors
thesis. Implications for sexual health will be discussed in terms of the Positive Sexuality and
Positive Technology frameworks.Thesis (B.?)Honors Colleg
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Prevalence, Comfort With, and Characteristics of Sex Toy Use in a US Convenience Sample using Reddit.com
Get PDFAlthough Döring and Poeschl (2020) have presented findings on the use of a broader range of sex toys from a German national sample, little is known about the prevalence and characteristics of users of a broad range of sex toys in the United States. The present study aims to examine the prevalence, characteristics of, and comfort with sex toys among a sample of American adults (n = 231). Within this study, the term “sex toy” refers to any object used directly on the body (e.g., vibrator, dildo, handheld masturbator), while “sexual aids” refers to items that may enhance sexual pleasure or libido (e.g., lubrication, aphrodisiacs). We used survey data that was previously collected in 2020 using Reddit.com/r/SampleSize and Ball State University’s Communications Center to solicit participation. Using data from Döring & Poeschl (2020) to assess sex toy use, we added questions regarding participant comfortability using sex toys in the past. If the participant had never previously used sex toys but would be willing to do so in the future, we asked about the perceived comfort of using a sex toy. We also asked about the perceived positive and negative effects of toy use, as well as a number of possible predictors of use including personality, sexuality, mental health, and trauma-related experiences (sexual assault, sex problems/dysfunctions, being diagnosed with PTSD). Our findings revealed that a significant portion of Americans have previously used sex toys. Among our participants who have never used a sex toy, a significant portion said they would be willing to try doing so in the future. Future research could examine prevalence, comfort with, and characteristics of sex toy use among a more sexually and racially diverse sample. Implications for sexual health will be discussed in terms of the Positive Sexuality and Positive Technology frameworks
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Prevalence, Comfort With, and Characteristics of Sex Toy Use in a US Convenience Sample using Reddit.com
No full textAlthough Döring and Poeschl (2020) have presented findings on the use of a broader range of sex toys from a German national sample, little is known about the prevalence and characteristics of users of a broad range of sex toys in the United States. The present study aims to examine the prevalence, characteristics of, and comfort with sex toys among a sample of American adults (n = 231). Within this study, the term “sex toy” refers to any object used directly on the body (e.g., vibrator, dildo, handheld masturbator), while “sexual aids” refers to items that may enhance sexual pleasure or libido (e.g., lubrication, aphrodisiacs). We used survey data that was previously collected in 2020 using Reddit.com/r/SampleSize and Ball State University’s Communications Center to solicit participation. Using data from Döring & Poeschl (2020) to assess sex toy use, we added questions regarding participant comfortability using sex toys in the past. If the participant had never previously used sex toys but would be willing to do so in the future, we asked about the perceived comfort of using a sex toy. We also asked about the perceived positive and negative effects of toy use, as well as a number of possible predictors of use including personality, sexuality, mental health, and trauma-related experiences (sexual assault, sex problems/dysfunctions, being diagnosed with PTSD). Our findings revealed that a significant portion of Americans have previously used sex toys. Among our participants who have never used a sex toy, a significant portion said they would be willing to try doing so in the future. Future research could examine prevalence, comfort with, and characteristics of sex toy use among a more sexually and racially diverse sample. Implications for sexual health will be discussed in terms of the Positive Sexuality and Positive Technology frameworks
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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