Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Oslo
University of Oslo
Article History
Accepted: 3 February 2023
First Online: 18 February 2023
Declarations
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: The first author is a middle aged, coupled heterosexual, cis-female, a licenced clinical psychologist, specialist in body-oriented, relational, psychodynamic psychotherapy, informed by studies in sociology and intellectual history, contributing to a contextualized understanding of the influence of social and structural factors, and cultural and historical ideologies on sexual issues and self-understanding. She has more than 20 years of experience in clinical psychology and sexology. The second author is a middle aged, coupled heterosexual, cis female, a licenced clinical psychologist and professor in health psychology, with extensive experience and publications in the field of research on body image and health psychology. The third author is a middle aged, a single heterosexual, cis female, professor in health psychology with extensive experience and publications in the field of research on sexuality and sexual health, and project manager of the larger European research project on older peoples’ sexual health.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The project was approved by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (Nsd.no) ensuring ethics requirements.
: All participants were given written and oral information about the study and its intentions, and signed a consent form prior to the interview, thereby also consenting to publication.