Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario.
J Sex Res. 2020 May;57(4):458-469. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1523360. Epub 2018 Oct 11.
Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) is an overarching term for relationship orientations that differ based on the degree to which consensual sexual and emotional needs are fulfilled outside of a dyad. Despite the diversity of CNM relationship orientations and growing research examining CNM, it is unclear whether the sexual attitudes, inclination to approach/avoid sexual stimuli (i.e., erotophobia-erotophilia), and sociosexuality differ among individuals who identify with distinct CNM relationships. Further, as the agreements made in CNM relationships permit extradyadic relationships, important differences might emerge for CNM and monogamous individuals. A convenience sample (N = 641) of individuals who self-identified as monogamous (n = 447), open (n = 80), polyamorous (n = 62), or swinger (n = 52) provided ratings of their sexual attitudes, erotophobia-erotophilia, and sociosexuality. Results indicated that swingers had the most permissive and instrumental attitudes, were the most erotophilic, and were the most unrestricted sexually. Conversely, monogamists scored the lowest on these traits. No differences emerged between relationship orientations for attitudes toward communion and birth control. These findings have important implications for sexuality research because they reinforce the view that some underlying differences and similarities exist between monogamous and CNM individuals.
双方同意的非单一性关系（Consensual nonmonogamy，CNM）是一个涵盖性术语，用于描述基于双方同意的性和情感需求在对偶关系之外得到满足的程度而有所不同的关系取向。尽管 CNM 关系取向存在多样性，且越来越多的研究对其进行了考察，但对于认同不同 CNM 关系的个体而言，其性态度、接近/回避性刺激的倾向（即性恐惧-性癖好）和社交性是否存在差异仍不清楚。此外，由于 CNM 关系中的协议允许出现对偶外关系，因此 CNM 和一夫一妻制个体之间可能会出现重要差异。本研究采用方便样本（N=641），包括自认为是一夫一妻制（n=447）、开放关系（n=80）、多角关系（n=62）和换偶关系（n=52）的个体，让他们对自己的性态度、性恐惧-性癖好和社交性进行评分。结果表明，换偶者的态度最宽容、最具工具性，性癖好最强，性限制最小。相反，一夫一妻制者在这些特征上的得分最低。在共同体和节育态度方面，不同关系取向之间没有差异。这些发现对性研究具有重要意义，因为它们强化了这样一种观点，即一夫一妻制和 CNM 个体之间存在一些潜在的差异和相似之处。
