The Connection Between the Physiological and Psychological Reactions to Sexually Explicit Materials: A Literature Summary Using Meta-Analysis

By Mike Allen, Tara M. Emmers‐Sommer, Dave D'Alessio, L. Timmerman, A. Hanzal, Jamie Korus. 2007

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A Meta-Analysis of Pornography Consumption and Actual Acts of Sexual Aggression in General Population Studies (2016, unknown): “As men’s arousal to pornography is stronger than women’s (Allen et al., 2007), this finding aligns with the finding of Mundorf et al. (2007) that arousal to pornography is not a reliable predictor of its effects on aggression.”
Revisiting gender differences: What we know and what lies ahead☆ (2015, background): “A meta-analysis that examined how the genders respond to sexually explicit content showed that women responded more negatively than men (Allen et al., 2007).”
A Meta-Analytical Review of Family Communication Patterns and their Associations with Information Processing, Behavioral, and Psychosocial Outcomes (2008, methodology): “Consistent with the procedures outlined by Hunter and Schmidt (1990) and Allen et al. (2007), the meta-analysis included five steps.”
A Meta-Analytical Review of Teacher Credibility and its Associations with Teacher Behaviors and Student Outcomes (2009, methodology): “Consistent with the procedures outlined by Hunter and Schmidt (1990) (see also Allen et al., 2007; Schrodt et al., 2008), the meta-analysis included five steps.”
The origin of pleasant sensations: Insight from direct electrical brain stimulation. (2023, background): “There is also evidence that males may be physiologically more reactive to certain pleasurable stimuli, particularly erotic ones (Allen et al., 2007).”