METHODOLOGY OF SURVEY-DESIGN FOR INTER-CULTURAL SEXOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Synopsis

The theory of functional systems, and the methodology for questionnaire-design for sexological investigations are designed to further the development of the ecological model of sexuality.

A survey must meet two requirements - it must correspond to the ecological model, and it must serve to reveal the quanta of typical behavioral patterns. The sexological categories included in the questionnaire must, therefore, reflect both social and personal factors. With this in mind, we can turn to the categories postulated in E. Burn's theory. Fundamentally, the quanta of typical sexual behavior have both cognitive and emotional content, and also fulfill a prognostic, or anticipatory function (the intuitive component).

To identify all these factors in the cases of individual respondents, we use semantic compositions, which, like the quanta themselves, include all three elements.

This methodology greatly widens the scope of sexological investigation.