Yanchen Su

Southwest University | SWU · School of Psychology

Introduction Although sexual shame is a very common emotional experience, it is hidden in Chinese culture and generally discussed in a non-academic manner. To our knowledge, this is the first study to empirically investigate associations between sexual shame and social evaluation among a Chinese sample, including the factors of mianzi (perceived ev...

A growing body of research documents that the use of pornography is becoming more frequent among male sexual minorities. According to the sexual script acquisition, activation, application model of mediated sexual socialization (3AM), pornography can be considered a potential factor influencing an individual’s partner preference. In addition, perce...

Introduction Although abortion is not illegal (except sex-selective abortion) in China, abortion stigma may persistently exist, and few studies have examined abortion stigma in a Chinese sample. Furthermore, Chinese women’s gender roles have long been restricted by Chinese traditional culture and values of fertility and family. Therefore, this stud...

Pornography has become increasingly prevalent worldwide with the development of the Internet, and considerable research on the effects of pornography use has emerged. Based on existing research and the Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence (PPMI) model, we examined problematic pornography use (PPU) as a mediator and moral disapproval of po...

This study examined the association between sexual minority identity and mental health among Chinese asexual individuals. Data were collected in two waves at 12-months intervals, and 156 participants (27 male and 129 female) completed measures of the Asexuality Identification Scale (AIS) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales at Times 1 and 2. The ad...

This study examined the stability and change in asexuality in terms of sexual orientation identity, sexual/romantic attraction, and sexual desire. Data were collected in three waves at 12-month intervals (n = 168). In each wave, the participants completed measures of sexual/romantic orientation identity, sexual/romantic attraction, the Sexual Desir...

Sexual minority identity had far-reaching influences on psychological outcomes among lesbian women, gay men, and bisexual people. Previous studies conducted in Western nations revealed significant gender and sexual orientation differences in experiences of sexual minority stress. However, few studies have focused on the identity of asexual people....

Sleep deprivation (SD) has been reported to severely affect executive function, and interindividual differences in these effects may contribute to the SD-associated cognition impairment. However, it is unclear how individual differences in chronotypes (morning-type, MT; evening-type, ET) influence neurobehavioral functions after SD. To address this...

This study examined patterns of asexuality in Chinese asexual people in terms of sexual activities, sexual/romantic attraction, and sexual desire. The sample included 227 (64 men and 163 women) asexual participants and 57 (26 men and 31 women) uncertain asexual participants recruited from social networks for asexual people. The control group includ...

We examined how sexism related to gay and bisexual men’s preferences for same-sex top (dominant) or bottom (submissive) sexuality in China. Specifically, we determined the impacts of sexism on sexual self-label identification and requirements for a romantic partner’s sexual role among 507 Chinese gay and bisexual men. Sexism was found to significan...