Volunteer bias in sexuality research using college student participants

Volunteer bins in sexuality research employing college student samples has been documented in previous research. In the current study such potential v olunteer bias was further investigated, as was respondents' self-reported b evel of emotional discomfort during participation College student men (n = 310) and women (n = 399) completed an anonymous questionnaire and were aske d to indicate their willingness to volunteer for a similar questionnaire st udy, a study Involving similar questions but administered in a face-to-face interview, and a study in which sexually explicit videos would be viewed N early all of the men and women indicated willingness to participate in a si milar questionnnaire study, but more men than women were willing to partici pate in the other two studies. Of these two proposed studies, men were more interested in participating in the video study whereas women were more int erested in participating in the interview study. Compared to nonvolunteers, volunteers for either study were generally more sexually experienced, held less traditional sexual attitudes, scored higher on measures of sexual est eem and sexual sensation seeking and indicated greater tendencies toward in terpersonal exploitation and self-monitoring of expressive behavior: A mino rity indicated some discomfort while completing the current questionnaire H owever discomfort was unrelated to gender or willingness to participate in future studies.