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Sexual Attraction

Sexual Attraction is a psychological orientation characterized by the capacity to experience sensual or erotic desire toward others, distinguished from emotional or romantic attraction by its specific focus on sexual interest and arousal as a core component of interpersonal response within the framework of sexual orientation.

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1.9K

Authors

750

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2017–2026

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Publications

702

Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety.

Donald G. Dutton, Arthur Aron · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1974 · 934 citations

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How Many People are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender?

Gary J. Gates · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2011 · 665 citations · Full text

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Attraction and close relationships.

Ellen Berscheid, Harry T. Reis · 1998 · 649 citations

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Sexual orientation, substance use behaviors and substance dependence in the United States

Sean Esteban McCabe, Tonda L. Hughes, Wendy Bostwick et al. · Addiction · 2009 · 639 citations · Full text

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Gender differences in effects of physical attractiveness on romantic attraction: A comparison across five research paradigms.

Alan Feingold · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1990 · 490 citations

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Authors

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  1. PL
    Paul L. Vasey

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    12 publications · 470 citations

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  2. DP
    Doug P. VanderLaan

    University of Toronto, Canada

    8 publications · 297 citations

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  3. TS
    Theo Sandfort

    New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, United States

    6 publications · 199 citations

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  4. DB
    Donn Byrne

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    6 publications · 644 citations

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  5. PW
    Peter Witzgall

    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

    6 publications · 276 citations

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Institutions

750

  1. University of Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, Canada

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    895 citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    691 citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    987 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    3.4K citations

  6. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    10 h-index

    37 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    639 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    1.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Archives of Sexual Behavior

    37 publications · 2.3K citations

    25

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  2. The Journal of Sex Research

    32 publications · 2.4K citations

    23

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  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    19 publications · 3.1K citations

    17

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  4. PLoS ONE

    16 publications · 836 citations

    14

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 13 publications · 1.4K citations

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