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2024
The Role of Ageist Sexual Stereotypes in the Network of Sexual Difficulties, Sex and Relationship Satisfaction Among Adults Aged 50+
GOCIEKOVÁ, Veronika, Andrea STAŠEK, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ and Gabriela GORE-GORSZEWSKA
Basic information
Original name
The Role of Ageist Sexual Stereotypes in the Network of Sexual Difficulties, Sex and Relationship Satisfaction Among Adults Aged 50+
Authors
GOCIEKOVÁ, Veronika, Andrea STAŠEK, Anna ŠEVČÍKOVÁ and Gabriela GORE-GORSZEWSKA
Edition
The Journal of Sex Research, Abingdon, Francis, 2024, 0022-4499
Other information
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization
Fakulta sociálních studií – Repository – Repository
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85184425150
Keywords in English
later-life sexuality; ageing; stereotypes; sexual health; network analysis
Links
CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004583, interní kód Repo. EH22_008/0004583, research and development project.
V originále
As people age, their sexual activity, including sexual and relationship satisfaction, may change due to the onset of health and sexual difficulties and the activation of internalized ageist sexual stereotypes. We studied whether ageist sexual stereotypes were relevant for the importance of sex for people aged 50+ and how sexual and relationship satisfaction are interlinked with health and sexual difficulties when ageist sexual stereotypes are considered. Data for the network analysis were collected from a sample of 897 Czechs and Slovaks aged 50–96 (52% men, mean age = 62.01). Two models were analyzed – with and without the inclusion of ageist sexual stereotypes. The findings indicated that ageist sexual stereotypes play an important role in the sexuality of women and men aged 50 + .The fewer ageist sexual stereotypes people had, the less sexual difficulties they reported and the more they perceived sex as important. The inclusion of stereotypes into the models, however, weakened the negative link between sexual difficulties and the importance of sex for both women and men. These findings show that the effect of ageist sexual stereotypes are likely complex in the sexual lives of people aged 50 +.
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