Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky, 122 Seaton Building, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA.
Department of Health and Community Services, California State University Chico, Chico, CA, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2019 Apr;48(3):795-801. doi: 10.1007/s10508-018-1320-6. Epub 2019 Feb 12.
Sexual desire contributes to overall sexual and relational health among long-term romantic partnerships. However, little research has examined the nuances of partner-level sexual desire and behavior on a daily level, despite evidence that it ebbs and flows and is more of a state than a static characteristic. Additionally, daily sexual behavior and desire may impact women differently than men. Therefore, understanding individual and partner-level dynamics among men and women may provide a more nuanced understanding of sexual desire as a situational state in the context of long term couples. A sample of 87 mixed-sex couples (174 individuals; M age = 33 years) in long-term relationships (M = 9.33 years) completed a daily electronic report for 30 days and reported on their daily sexual desire and sexual behavior. A series of four stability influence actor partner interdependence models were conducted to investigate the individual and partner-level link between men and women's daily levels of sexual desire and their sexual behavior and desire the following day. Findings indicated that daily sexual desire fuels sexual desire on the following day, particularly for men, regardless of whether sexual behavior was engaged in. Additionally, sexual desire on one day impacts next-day desire for partners, particularly on days when sexual behavior occurred. Contextual, partner-level contributing factors seem to have the largest impact on daily levels of sexual desire among long-term couples. Implications and future research directions are discussed.
性欲望对长期浪漫伴侣的整体性健康和关系健康都有贡献。然而,尽管有证据表明性欲望是波动的,更多的是一种状态而不是静态特征,但很少有研究在日常层面上研究伴侣层面的性欲望和行为的细微差别。此外,日常性行为和欲望可能对女性的影响与男性不同。因此,了解男性和女性个体和伴侣层面的动态关系,可能会更细致地理解性欲望作为长期伴侣关系中的一种情境状态。一项对 87 对混合性别伴侣(174 人;平均年龄 33 岁)的研究发现,他们处于长期关系中(平均 9.33 年),完成了 30 天的日常电子报告,并报告了他们的日常性欲望和性行为。进行了一系列四项稳定性影响演员伴侣相互依赖模型,以调查男性和女性的日常性欲望水平及其性行为和次日的性欲望之间的个体和伴侣层面的联系。研究结果表明,无论是否进行性行为,日常性欲望都会激发次日的性欲望,尤其是对男性而言。此外,一天的性欲望会影响次日对伴侣的欲望,特别是在发生性行为的日子。情境、伴侣层面的促成因素似乎对长期伴侣的日常性欲望水平影响最大。讨论了其意义和未来的研究方向。