Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2010;36(2):137-53. doi: 10.1080/00926230903554545.
Despite the documented association between trauma exposure and sexual problems (sexual dissatisfaction and sexual functioning), only a paucity of studies have investigated possible mechanisms underlying this association. The present study tested the role of emotion dysregulation in regard to levels of sexual dissatisfaction and functioning among a sample of 43 trauma-exposed cigarette smokers (17 women; M(age) = 20.20, SD = 10.87). When controlling for negative affectivity, type of trauma (sexual vs. nonsexual), daily smoking rate, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and anxiety sensitivity, emotion dysregulation provided an independent and unique contribution to sexual dissatisfaction but not to sexual function. These preliminary findings suggest that emotion dysregulation may be more important to understanding certain sexual problems (dissatisfaction) among cigarette-smoking trauma survivors than previously recognized, and this topic is, therefore, worthy of further investigation.
尽管创伤暴露与性问题（性不满和性功能）之间存在已被记录的关联，但仅有少数研究调查了这种关联的潜在机制。本研究在一个有 43 名创伤暴露的吸烟人群样本中（17 名女性；M（年龄）=20.20，SD=10.87）测试了情绪调节在性不满和性功能水平中的作用。在控制了负性情感、创伤类型（性与非性）、每日吸烟率、创伤后应激症状和焦虑敏感性后，情绪调节对性不满有独立和独特的贡献，但对性功能没有贡献。这些初步发现表明，情绪调节对于理解吸烟创伤幸存者的某些性问题（不满）可能比以前认为的更为重要，因此，这个话题值得进一步研究。
