Leisure Porn Negative effects paradigm - · Sexual scripting theory · Risky activities · Lack of evidence A new approach - · Focus on impact and consumption · The leisure perspective · Attwood and smith's leisure sex Study - · 35 semi-structured in-depth interviews · Part of a broader study on non-exclusives . North East American University · 18-32 years · Inductive grounded approach Main findings - · Early porn consumption - watched from an early age, unproblematic (a good thing, felt less confused, boys transition into being sexual) · Education and exploration · Pornography as leisure- 1) immediately and intrinsically rewarding, 2) relatively short lived, 3) pleasurable, 4) sociable, 5) relieves boredom, 6) requires little or no special training Conclusion - · Pornography as a leisure activity · Rejection of the negative effects paradigm · Positive outcomes of pornography consumption Scenario 1 - You are a clinical psychologist interested in understanding the underlying processes related to a specific mental health condition. You are keen to understand all of the interactions, decisions, issues etc. that impact on these processes. How do clinicians diagnose and manage ADHD in children? · Clinicians were interviewed about their personal experiences of assessing and treating ADHD. · Results indicated a shared decision-making approach with parents based on a range of factors . First study to understand this process - led to the development of a quantitative questionnaire
Scenario 2 - You are a health psychologist interested in understanding how sexual health services can be improved for LGBTQ youth. Services offered are improving, but you think there may still be barriers effecting the services offered. · 24 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with clinicians who specialise in providing sexual health services to youth . Many clinicians find themselves unprepared to provide culturally competent sexual health services that have both the capacity to address individual-level issues, while considering the broader sociocultural and structural conditions that can render LGBTQ youth socially vulnerable · Importance of including the opinions of service providers when making changes to sexual health services Scenario 3 - You are a social psychologist interested in very much under researched ... , you have no prior knowledge or theories to develop a hypothesis, but you believe that knowing more about this phenomenon will benefit psychological theory. e.g. pro-anorexia research which is a new phenomenon. Qualitative research "what is the meaning of pro-anorexia for site users" "how do people interact in pro-anorexia sites", results found that site users held pro-anorexia beliefs about the functional role of anorexia and felt unready for recovery. Sites employed a hierarchy of in-groups and out-groups to monitor for those who had an existing mental health disorder. Techniques used to disguise online spaces. There are gender differences in how users interact with the sites and the associated stigma. British Psychological Society (2fi18) - Qualitative research is a core methodological approach in psychology and qualitative methods are used in research across the discipline. Qualitative approaches, providing in- depth understanding of human experience and context,