a Department of Psychology , Valparaiso University.
b Department of Mathematics and Statistics , Valparaiso University.
J Sex Res. 2018 Feb;55(2):226-235. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1332153. Epub 2017 Jun 20.
Sexual dysfunction sometimes negatively affects the individual, his or her partner, and the relationship. We investigated the relationship between the distress experienced by men and women with orgasmic phase difficulties and the perceived distress of their partner(s). We also identified predictors of perceived partner distress, and related self and partner distress to severity of the problem and relationship quality. Data were drawn from 374 men with premature ejaculation (PE) and 377 women with anorgasmia who responded to a survey regarding their sexual functioning, including their distress about their condition and the perceived distress of their partners. Results yielded an overall distress score consisting of combined self and perceived partners distress, with women showing a higher overall score and higher perceived partner distress than men. For men, significant predictors of perceived partner distress included self-distress, relationship quality, interest in sex, and arousal difficulty; for women, only the level of self-distress significantly predicted perceived partner distress. These findings indicate the burden of experiencing sexual difficulty, identify factors related to perceived partner distress, and demonstrate differences in self versus partner distress across men and women. Overall, such findings reiterate the strong need for the inclusion of the partner in any attempted remediation of a sexual problem.
性功能障碍有时会对个人、其伴侣和关系产生负面影响。我们研究了患有性高潮期困难的男性和女性所经历的苦恼与伴侣感知到的苦恼之间的关系。我们还确定了感知到的伴侣苦恼的预测因素，并将自我和伴侣的苦恼与问题的严重程度和关系质量相关联。数据来自 374 名早泄（PE）男性和 377 名性高潮障碍女性，他们对一项关于他们的性功能的调查做出了回应，包括他们对自己病情的苦恼以及伴侣感知到的苦恼。结果得出了一个综合自我和感知伴侣苦恼的总体苦恼评分，女性的总体评分和感知伴侣苦恼均高于男性。对于男性，感知伴侣苦恼的显著预测因素包括自我苦恼、关系质量、性兴趣和唤起困难；对于女性，只有自我苦恼的程度显著预测了感知伴侣苦恼。这些发现表明了体验性困难的负担，确定了与感知伴侣苦恼相关的因素，并展示了男性和女性在自我与伴侣苦恼方面的差异。总的来说，这些发现再次强调了在试图纠正性问题时将伴侣纳入其中的强烈需求。
