The Effects of Similarity in Sexual Excitation, Inhibition, and Mood on Sexual Arousal Problems and Sexual Satisfaction in Newlywed Couples
| Autor: | Sarah Newhouse, Eshkol Rafaeli, Julia R. Heiman, Amy D. Lykins, Erick Janssen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Sexual Behavior Urology Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Sexual arousal Human sexuality Newlywed Affect (psychology) Developmental psychology Endocrinology Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Sexual Dysfunctions Psychological Marriage Psychological Tests Sexual inhibition Affect Psychiatry and Mental health Mood Reproductive Medicine Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Psychology Sexual function |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 9:1360-1366 |
| ISSN: | 1743-6095 |
| Popis: | Introduction Despite the importance of sexuality for romantic relationships, there has been little research attention to individual differences and dyadic variables, including couple similarity, and their association with sexual problems and satisfaction. Aim The current study examined the effects of the propensity for sexual inhibition and sexual excitation scales (SIS/SES) and the effects of different mood states on sexuality (Mood and Sexuality Questionnaire [MSQ]), at both the individual and the dyad level, on sexual arousal problems and sexual satisfaction. Methods Similarity in SIS/SES and MSQ was measured in a nonclinical sample of 35 newlywed couples and operationally defined as the within‐couple, z‐transformed correlations between the two partners' item responses. Main Outcome Measures Sexual arousal problems were assessed using self‐report measures (Demographic and Sexual History Questionnaire) and focused on the past 3 months. Sexual satisfaction was assessed using the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction. Results Regression analyses revealed that greater similarity in the effects of anxiety and stress on sexuality was associated with more reported sexual arousal problems of wives. In contrast, the husbands' sexual arousal problems were related only to their own higher SIS1 scores. Higher SES scores predicted lower sexual satisfaction for both husbands and wives. Wives who reported strong positive mood effects on their sexuality indicated greater sexual satisfaction, while husbands who were more similar to their wives in the effect of positive moods on sexuality indicated greater sexual satisfaction. Conclusions The findings show that, above and beyond one's own sexual propensities, similarity in various aspects of sexuality predicts sexual problems (more so in women) and sexual satisfaction (in both men and women). Lykins AD, Janssen E, Newhouse S, Heiman JR, and Rafaeli E. The effects of similarity in sexual excitation, inhibition, and mood on sexual arousal problems and sexual satisfaction in newlywed couples. J Sex Med 2012;9:1360–1366. |
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