Sexual Interest
Dimension 184 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Sexual Interest measures the presence, salience, and subjective strength of sexual desire, arousal, and engagement with sexual life. It encompasses libido, attraction to sexual activity, perceived importance of sex, and experienced changes or problems in sexual desire.
Absent Sexual Interest
Expressions activating this band do not show a recognizable pattern of sexual desire, arousal, or engagement and are largely unrelated to the proxy.
Low Sexual Interest
Expressions activating this band refer to sex and attraction in a limited, indirect, or conflicted way, often through interpersonal tension, aversion, identity-related discomfort, or isolated sexual situations rather than sustained desire.
Moderate Sexual Interest
Expressions activating this band describe sexual concerns and preferences as a meaningful personal topic, including unmet sexual needs, sexual self-concept, sexual functioning problems, and evaluations of sexual life.
High Sexual Interest
Expressions activating this band present sex as an active and important area of experience, with clear attention to sexual satisfaction, excitement, partner availability, and changes in interest.
Very High Sexual Interest
Expressions activating this band center strongly on libido and sexual functioning, especially the felt level of sexual drive, diminished or preserved desire, arousal, erections, orgasm, and noticeable shifts in interest in sex.