Correlación entre asertividad sexual y erotofilia - erotofobia en estudiantes de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca en el periodo académico marzo - agosto 2021

Abstract

Sexuality is an issue of great importance in human beings, as it encompasses different elements that favor their development in an integral way and the prevention of risky sexual behaviors. According to some research, a low level of sexual assertiveness generates risky sexual behaviors that can result in: unwanted pregnancies, non-consensual sexual relations or an increase in STDs. In turn, these behaviors could be caused by certain attitudes towards sexuality, whether positive (erotophilia) or negative (erotophobia). In our context, there have been no studies focused on determining whether there is a relationship between these two elements. For this reason, the present research aimed to determine whether or not there is a correlation between the level of sexual assertiveness and the erotophilia-erotophobia constructs. The approach used for this research was cross-sectional quantitative, a type of non-experimental design, with a correlational scope and a proportional stratified probability sampling. A sample of 252 students from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Cuenca was taken for this work. To meet the stated objective, the Sexual Assertiveness Scale and the Revised Sexual Opinion Survey were applied. It could be determined that most of the students of the Faculty of Psychology present a high level of sexual assertiveness, while their attitudes towards sexuality are mainly ambivalent, which means that they are situated between erotophilia and erotophobia. The correlation indicated that there is no significant relationship between the variables studied.