Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6E4, Canada.
Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Aug;43(6):1187-97. doi: 10.1007/s10508-013-0115-z. Epub 2013 Jun 6.
Arousal-oriented online sexual activities (OSAs) are any activities on the Internet that involve sexually explicit and/or sexually arousing stimuli. These can be solitary-arousal activities, requiring only one person be involved. They can also be partnered-arousal activities that involve at least two people interacting (Shaughnessy, Byers, & Walsh, 2011). Most researchers have focused on the negative outcomes of arousal-oriented OSAs on users' sexual life and life in general. Yet, these activities can also have positive outcomes. In two separate studies, we examined men's and women's perceptions of the positive and negative outcomes of their solitary- and partnered-arousal OSA experience. Study 1 included heterosexual university students (N = 191); Study 2 consisted of heterosexual and sexual minority individuals from the community (N = 316). Participants completed a background questionnaire and measures of their solitary- and partnered-arousal OSA experience and outcomes of these experiences. Overall, solitary- and partnered-arousal OSA was common among study participants. In both studies, participants reported significantly greater positive than negative outcomes of their solitary- and partnered-arousal OSAs, albeit the overall impact was small. We did not find significant gender differences or differences by sexual orientation in positive or negative outcomes of arousal-oriented OSAs. Our results suggest that, for most people, participating in solitary- and partnered-arousal OSAs has little impact on them.
唤醒导向的在线性活动（OSA）是指在互联网上涉及到性刺激和/或性唤起的任何活动。这些活动可以是单独唤醒的活动，只需要一个人参与，也可以是涉及至少两个人互动的伴侣唤醒的活动（Shaughnessy、Byers 和 Walsh，2011）。大多数研究人员都关注唤醒导向的 OSA 对用户性生活和生活的负面影响。然而，这些活动也可能有积极的结果。在两项独立的研究中，我们研究了男性和女性对他们的单独和伴侣唤醒 OSA 体验的积极和消极结果的看法。研究 1 包括了异性恋的大学生（N=191）；研究 2 由社区中的异性恋和性少数群体组成（N=316）。参与者完成了一份背景问卷和他们的单独和伴侣唤醒 OSA 体验的测量以及这些体验的结果。总的来说，单独和伴侣唤醒 OSA 在研究参与者中很常见。在两项研究中，参与者报告说，他们的单独和伴侣唤醒 OSA 的积极结果明显多于消极结果，尽管整体影响很小。我们没有发现性别差异或性取向差异对唤醒导向的 OSA 的积极或消极结果有显著影响。我们的结果表明，对于大多数人来说，参与单独和伴侣唤醒 OSA 对他们的影响很小。
