Thesis explores psychological processes and correlations of sexual fantasies, highlighting implications for behavior.
Key Points
The thesis aims to understand the characteristics and psychological processes connected to sexual fantasies, including their development and impact on behavior.
Introduced a new definition of deviant sexual fantasies.
Critiqued the Wilson Sex Fantasy Questionnaire for its validity and reliability.
Conducted a systematic review of studies across various male populations regarding sexual fantasies.
Explored relationships between sexual fantasies, behaviors, and childhood abuse in a community sample using an adapted questionnaire.
Presented a case study illustrating the connection between fantasy and behavior.
Intimate fantasies were most frequently endorsed, followed by exploratory, impersonal, and sadomasochistic fantasies.
Self-destructive personalities had the highest frequency of overall fantasies, while self-actualizing personalities endorsed the most intimate fantasies.
Positive relationships were found between frequency of sexual fantasizing, masturbation, and pornography consumption.
Childhood abuse positively correlated with adult masturbation frequency in males and negatively with sexual intercourse in females.
Sexually abused males had higher rates of sadomasochistic fantasies during intercourse.