APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Can Emojis and Vocabulary Predict General Sexual Knowledge?

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Social

  • Don Lucas
    Northwest Vista College
  • Tailar Matthews
    Northwest Vista College
  • Nusta Garnica
    Northwest Vista College
  • Janet Camacho
    Northwest Vista College

Abstract

This study compared sexual knowledge, vocabulary, and euphemisms within a sample of Americans; and found a significant lack of overall sexual knowledge. This lack of knowledge is associated with misunderstanding vocabulary and euphemisms. One intervention for this sexual illiteracy is teaching accurate sexual vocabulary and the implicit meanings of euphemisms.

Sexuality/Sexual Behavior

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