Orientations to engagement and meaning were much better predictors of life satisfaction compared to the orientation to pleasure.
Studies conducted in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Switzerland, and a study which sample included adults from 27 nations found that orientations to engagement and meaning predicts life satisfaction while the orientation to pleasure has a weak to negative correlation with life satisfaction.
Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life and encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction.
The participants in the young women's focus group expressed an orientation toward pleasure rather than concern for their future health.
More recently, the World Health Organization has produced a working definition of sexuality: 'Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life and encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction.
In fact, some studies found zero to negative correlations between orientations towards pleasure and positive indicators such as life satisfaction and educational goals.
Sensual pleasures can be generally obtained by 18 interviewees who displayed an explicit or an implicit orientation to personal pleasure.
Self-referential orientation the orientation toward personal pleasure and comfort is thus significant in the taste of interviewees.
Among those interviewees who display a more significant orientation toward personal pleasure, most are men and young women.
Consumers' orientations draw on a new set of elements, conceptualised in this research as 'the orientation toward personal pleasure and comfort'.
