Sexual Health in Spanish People with Intellectual Disability: the Impact of the Lockdown due to COVID-19
| العنوان: | Sexual Health in Spanish People with Intellectual Disability: the Impact of the Lockdown due to COVID-19 |
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| المؤلفون: | Irene Díaz-Rodríguez, Rafael Ballester-Arnal, M. Dolores Gil-Llario, Vicente Morell-Mengual, Beatriz Gil-Juliá |
| المصدر: | Sexuality Research & Social Policy Repositori Universitat Jaume I Universitat Jaume I |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 030506 rehabilitation, Health (social science), Sociology and Political Science, Population, Intellectual disability, Human sexuality, Article, Gender Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Lockdown, medicine, Pornography, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, education, Autoeroticism, Reproductive health, education.field_of_study, business.industry, 05 social sciences, COVID-19, medicine.disease, Impact, Sexual abuse, Spain, Isolation (psychology), 0305 other medical science, Psychology, business, Sexuality, 050104 developmental & child psychology, Clinical psychology |
| الوصف: | Introduction The lockdown due to COVID-19 affected the sexual health of the people with intellectual disabilities by differentially modifying the frequency and characteristics of people’s sexual activity depending on whether or not they lived with a partner during this period. The aim of this study was to analyze the extent to which the sexual behavior of people with intellectual disabilities (with and without a partner) was affected during the lockdown. Methods The sample consisted of 73 people with intellectual disabilities between 21 and 63 years old (M = 39.63; SD = 10.11). The variables analyzed were the physical, social, and technological environment during the lockdown, sexual appetite, sexual behavior, online sexual activity, and sexual abuse. The data were collected between the months of May and June of 2020. Results The lockdown increased the sexual appetite of a third of the sample (38%), especially the youngest participants. Sexual activity focused on autoeroticism and online behavior, particularly sending nude images of oneself (88%) and viewing pornography (83.6%). Rates of sexual abuse during this period were relatively high (6.8%). Conclusions The sexual activity of people with ID was important during the lockdown, and they had to adapt to the circumstances of isolation in a similar way to the general population. Technological improvements in terms of devices and connection quality at home allowed their sexual behavior to be reoriented, opening the door to new risks for the sexual health of people with ID. Policy Implications Cybersex and the increase in sexual abuse due to confinement are aspects that should be included in programs to improve the sexual health of this group. |
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| تدمد: | 1553-6610 1868-9884 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::6da034dcfa9a9518987a4703b40892d7Test https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-021-00621-7Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....6da034dcfa9a9518987a4703b40892d7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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