Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2011 Nov;66(6):804-13. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbr102. Epub 2011 Sep 14.
Guided by symbolic interactionism, we examined (a) whether the psychological well-being of older adults might be threatened if they feel bothered by an intimate partner's sexual unresponsiveness and (b) whether such sexual unresponsiveness of a partner might be compensated by perceived supportiveness of significant others. We explored these questions separately by gender, anticipating that sexual unresponsiveness might affect men and women differently and that support from a partner might be more important for men and support from others more important for women.
Using data from 1,346 participants in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, we conducted multiple group regression analysis and estimated models separately but simultaneously for women and men.
Although feeling bothered by the sexual unresponsiveness of an intimate partner was significantly associated with both women's and men's depressive symptoms, the moderating effect of the partner's supportiveness was significant only for women.
The results suggest that gender is a key dimension for understanding the relations among negative feelings about sexual relationships, socioemotional support from significant others, and psychological well-being in older age.
受符号互动论的指导，我们研究了（a）如果老年人感到伴侣的性反应迟钝而感到困扰，他们的心理健康是否会受到威胁，以及（b）如果伴侣的这种性反应迟钝是否可以通过重要他人的感知支持来弥补。我们分别按性别探讨了这些问题，预计性反应迟钝可能会对男性和女性产生不同的影响，而来自伴侣的支持可能对男性更为重要，而来自他人的支持则对女性更为重要。
我们使用了来自全国社会生活、健康和老龄化项目的 1346 名参与者的数据，对女性和男性分别进行了多次分组回归分析和估计模型，同时进行了估计。
尽管感到被亲密伴侣的性反应迟钝所困扰与女性和男性的抑郁症状显著相关，但伴侣支持的调节作用仅对女性显著。
结果表明，性别是理解老年时期对性关系的负面感受、来自重要他人的社会情感支持与心理健康之间关系的关键维度。
