Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2012;38(1):28-40. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.569637.
Sexual desire is often present at the beginning of a romantic relationship. However, research is divided regarding whether, and how, desire is experienced as a relationship progresses. The authors examined relationship duration and its effect on sexual desire in a sample of 170 undergraduate men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 years. Hierarchical multiple regression results indicated that women's sexual desire was significantly and negatively predicted by relationship duration after controlling for age, relationship satisfaction, and sexual satisfaction. Men's sexual desire, however, was not significantly affected by the duration of their romantic relationships. These findings suggest that men and women may have different experiences with sexual desire as relationships progress and that sexual desire might be affected by different factors depending on one's gender. Possible reasons for these results are suggested and therapeutic implications are discussed.
性欲望通常出现在浪漫关系的开始阶段。然而，关于性欲望是否以及如何随着关系的发展而变化，研究结果存在分歧。作者在一个年龄在 18 至 25 岁之间的 170 名男女本科生样本中，研究了关系持续时间及其对性欲望的影响。分层多元回归结果表明，在控制年龄、关系满意度和性满意度后，女性的性欲望与关系持续时间呈显著负相关。然而，男性的性欲望并不受其浪漫关系持续时间的显著影响。这些发现表明，随着关系的发展，男性和女性可能会有不同的性欲望体验，而且性欲望可能会受到不同因素的影响，具体取决于一个人的性别。对这些结果提出了可能的原因，并讨论了治疗意义。
