Be part of an international sex survey on sexuality and sexual behaviours

Healthy sexuality is an integral part of the human experience and well-being. Photo: David Dvoracek/Unsplash

Malaysia has been selected as one of 45 countries around the world to be part of an International Sex Survey (ISS) to examine different sexual behaviours, preferences, motivations related to the sexual life of adults.

The large-scale study, helmed by Dr Beáta Bőthe (Department of Psychology, University of Montreal), hopes to look at the positive (i.e, sexual satisfaction, sexual desire) and negative aspects (such as sexual risk-taking, sexual function problems) of sexuality and to help people who may experience sexual problems, says Elaine Fernandez, head of department and senior lecturer at Help University's Department of Psychology.