Degauquier C, Absil A-S, Psalti I, Meuris S, Jurysta F
Psychologue et sexologue clinicienne, Carnières.
Rev Med Brux. 2012 May-Jun;33(3):153-63.
Numerous authors on sexual behaviors have studied the link between the persistence of a sexually active life and progressive aging. The knowledge of sexual health in the elderly has shown that biological sexual aging is extremely diverse and heterogeneous in men as well as in women, and contradicts the stereotype of age that would inevitably alter the sexual biological response in each human. Sexual diseases (lubrication, dyspareunia, erectile dysfunction, inability to achieve orgasm) and diseases of aging that impact sexual function have a growing incidence but don't never touch 100% of individuals. There is a decline in sexual interest correlated with the life-span, but the negative effects of age on desire are related to health problems. Moreover, sexual desire is more correlated with personal attitudes toward sexuality than with biological factors and diseases. Several predictors account for the pursuit of an active sexuality (including the presence of a partner, good health, having good sexual self-esteem, enjoyable past experience, an attitude that values the importance of sex in couple relationship), but the most decisive factor to successfully face the specific markers of aging is the ability to adapt to a more sensory sexuality, less focused on performance and coitus.
许多研究性行为的作者都探讨了保持性活跃的生活与衰老进程之间的联系。关于老年人性健康的知识表明，男性和女性的生理性衰老在很大程度上是多样且异质的，这与那种认为年龄必然会改变每个人性生理反应的刻板印象相悖。性疾病（润滑问题、性交困难、勃起功能障碍、无法达到性高潮）以及影响性功能的衰老性疾病的发病率在不断上升，但从未涉及100%的个体。性兴趣会随着寿命的增长而下降，但年龄对性欲的负面影响与健康问题有关。此外，性欲与个人对性的态度的关联度高于与生物因素和疾病的关联度。有几个因素可以预测人们对积极性生活的追求（包括有伴侣、健康状况良好、有良好的性自尊、有愉快的过往经历、重视性在伴侣关系中的重要性的态度），但成功应对衰老的特定特征的最关键因素是适应一种更注重感官体验、较少关注性表现和性交的性行为的能力。
