Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Center for Psychology at University of Porto, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal; HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment and Interactions Labs, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal.
J Sex Med. 2020 May;17(5):994-1004. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.02.007. Epub 2020 Mar 9.
Some conceptualizations of hypersexuality posit boredom as a possible trigger of hypersexual behavior.
This work aims to review published articles addressing the link between boredom and hypersexuality to investigate if this relationship can yet be established based on current empirical data.
This systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Studies, published until September 2019, were retrieved from EBSCO, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed. A systematic search was conducted using an exhaustive list of key terms combining "boredom" with "hypersexuality," "sexual impulsivity," "sexual compulsivity," and "sexual addiction." Only articles presenting empirical results concerning the relationship between boredom and hypersexuality were considered.
From the initial poll of 76 articles, only 19 articles were included in our final selection. Of the total studies, 16 were quantitative studies and 3 were qualitative studies. 4 studies were validation studies of hypersexuality-related measures, 11 studies concerned online sexual activity, and 3 reported sexual boredom. 7 studies with men used non-heterosexual samples. 5 studies used samples with both women and men, and 1 study used a sample of women only. Most studies indicate a positive association between boredom and hypersexuality, although 4 did not.
Further studies with diversified samples are still indispensable, as female samples are not portrayed and research is much focused on online sexual activity. Future research should explore the relationship between boredom and hypersexuality within specific behavioral specifiers including masturbation, pornography use, sexual behavior with consenting adults, cybersex, telephone sex, and strip clubs.
To the authors' knowledge, this is the first review looking at the possible link between boredom and hypersexuality. Investigation on the topic is scarce, and several of the studies included in this review correspond to anecdotal evidences of the phenomenon, as only few studies used appropriate measures of boredom.
Although current literature identifies a link between boredom and hypersexuality, further substantive research is still much needed to clarify the associations between the 2 constructs. de Oliveira L, Carvalho J. The Link Between Boredom and Hypersexuality: A Systematic Review. J Sex Med 2020;17:994-1004.
一些关于性欲亢进的概念认为无聊可能是性欲亢进行为的一个可能诱因。
本研究旨在综述已发表的探讨无聊与性欲亢进之间关系的文章，以考察根据现有实证数据能否确定这种关系。
本系统评价遵循系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目指南。检索了 EBSCO、Scopus、Web of Science 和 PubMed 中截至 2019 年 9 月发表的研究。使用一个详尽的关键词列表，将“无聊”与“性欲亢进”、“性冲动”、“性强迫”和“性成瘾”相结合，进行了系统搜索。仅考虑了报告无聊与性欲亢进之间关系的实证结果的文章。
从最初的 76 篇文章中筛选后，仅有 19 篇文章被纳入最终选择。在所有研究中，16 项为定量研究，3 项为定性研究。4 项研究是对与性欲亢进相关的测量方法的验证性研究，11 项研究涉及网络性行为，3 项报告了性无聊。7 项针对男性的研究使用了非异性恋样本。5 项研究使用了男女混合样本，1 项研究使用了女性样本。大多数研究表明无聊和性欲亢进之间存在正相关，尽管也有 4 项研究没有发现这种关联。
仍需要进一步对更多样化的样本进行研究，因为没有对女性样本进行描绘，且研究大多集中在网络性行为上。未来的研究应在包括自慰、色情制品使用、与同意的成年人发生性行为、网络性爱、电话性爱和脱衣舞俱乐部等特定行为特征的情况下，探讨无聊和性欲亢进之间的关系。
据作者所知，这是首次对无聊和性欲亢进之间可能存在的联系进行综述。该主题的研究很少，本综述中纳入的一些研究仅基于对该现象的轶事证据，因为只有少数研究使用了适当的无聊测量方法。
尽管目前的文献确定了无聊和性欲亢进之间存在关联，但仍需要进一步的实质性研究来澄清这两种结构之间的关联。
