Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
PLoS One. 2019 Jul 17;14(7):e0219768. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219768. eCollection 2019.
Women coping with female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD) report lower sexual and relationship satisfaction compared to healthy controls. In community samples, high sexual communal strength (i.e., the motivation to meet a partner's sexual needs) is associated with higher sexual desire and satisfaction, but high unmitigated sexual communion (i.e., the prioritization of a partner's needs to the exclusion of one's own needs) is associated with lower sexual satisfaction. People higher in sexual communal strength report engaging in sex for approach goals (i.e., to enhance intimacy in their relationship), but not for avoidance goals (i.e., to avert conflict or a partner's disappointment) and this is one reason why they report greater sexual desire. In the current sample of 97 women diagnosed with FSIAD and their partners we investigated the association between sexual communal strength and unmitigated sexual communion and sexual well-being (i.e., sexual desire, sexual satisfaction and sexual distress) and sexual goals (i.e., approach and avoidance goals). Women who reported higher sexual communal strength were more likely to pursue sex for approach goals and their partner reported greater sexual satisfaction. When partners reported higher sexual communal strength, they reported higher sexual desire, but when they reported higher unmitigated sexual communion, they reported higher sexual distress. Additional associations emerged for couples who engage in sex more (compared to less) frequently. Our findings demonstrate that being motivated to meet a partner's sexual needs is associated with greater sexual well-being for couples coping with FSIAD, but when this motivation involves neglecting one's own needs, people do not report greater sexual well-being and instead, partners report higher sexual distress.
与健康对照组相比，应对女性性兴趣/唤起障碍（FSIAD）的女性报告的性和关系满意度较低。在社区样本中，高性共同强度（即满足伴侣性需求的动机）与更高的性欲和满意度相关，但高度未缓和的性共同性（即优先考虑伴侣的需求而排除自己的需求）与较低的性满意度相关。性共同强度较高的人报告为了接近目标（即增强关系中的亲密感）而进行性行为，而不是为了避免目标（即避免冲突或伴侣的失望），这也是他们报告更高性欲的原因之一。在当前的 97 名被诊断为 FSIAD 的女性及其伴侣样本中，我们研究了性共同强度和未缓和的性共同性与性幸福感（即性欲、性满意度和性困扰）以及性目标（即接近和回避目标）之间的关联。报告性共同强度较高的女性更有可能为了接近目标而进行性行为，而她们的伴侣报告性满意度更高。当伴侣报告性共同强度较高时，他们报告的性欲较高，但当他们报告性共同强度较高时，他们报告的性困扰较高。对于性活动更频繁（相比较少）的夫妇，还出现了其他关联。我们的研究结果表明，为满足伴侣的性需求而产生动力与夫妻双方应对 FSIAD 的性幸福感相关，但当这种动力涉及忽视自己的需求时，人们不会报告更高的性幸福感，而是伴侣报告更高的性困扰。
