Correlation of evaluation of woman''s emotional relationship with her father and specifics of her sexual behavior
Article is devoted to the сorrelation between woman's emotional relationship with her father and her sexual behavior. The object of study is the sexual behavior of women. The hypothesis of the study is that women considering her father's emotional attitude to herself as sympathizing, are characterized by a wide range of permissible in sexual behavior. The article considers the concept of sexual behavior, sexual script types, the criteria for their descriptions, which are estimated by using a self-appraisal method in a questionnaire made for this survey. Comparative analysis of distribution of responses to questionnaire concludes that there are differences in the desired sexual relations and expressed in the sexual fantasies, of behavior acceptable and implemented, among the groups separated on the basis of evaluation of women's emotional relationship with their fathers. The study revealed the differences between the desired and feasible behavior in each of the groups. In "sympathized" group sexual fantasies are broader than realized behavior and permitted norms; in the group with a "neutral" father's attitude sexual fantasies are narrower than the realizable behavior; in the "rejected" group sexual fantasies are much wider and variable than realized sexual behavior. The results obtained in the study can be used in practice of individual and family counseling.