Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma, 780 Van Vleet Oval, Kaufman Hall, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Feb;50(2):683-694. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01860-2. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
A growing body of research has demonstrated how the link between pornography use and various manifestations of psychological distress and dissatisfaction is explained by moral incongruence-the experience of violating one's deeply held moral values. The predictive power of moral incongruence, however, has yet to be applied to other sexual activities. Drawing on data from available waves of the General Social Surveys (1988-2018: n = 6590, n = 7047; 1989-2018: n = 3558, n = 4841), this study extended moral incongruence theory by testing whether engaging in same-sex or non-marital sexual activity when one rejects either as morally wrong is associated with a greater likelihood of reporting unhappiness. Analyses demonstrated that American men (but not women) who reported engaging in same-sex sex in the previous year were more likely than other men to say they were unhappy, but only if they viewed homosexuality as "always wrong." Analyses also showed that American women (not men) who reported higher frequencies of non-marital sex in the previous year were more likely than other women to report being unhappy, but only if they viewed non-marital sex as "always wrong." Though nuanced by gender, findings affirmed expectations from moral incongruence research: Sexual behavior per se is not associated with unhappiness, but moral inconsistency or conflict regarding one's sexual behavior is.
越来越多的研究表明，性癖好与各种心理困扰和不满之间的联系可以用道德不一致来解释，即违背自己根深蒂固的道德价值观的体验。然而，道德不一致的预测能力尚未应用于其他性活动。本研究利用可用的一般社会调查数据（1988-2018 年：n=6590，n=7047；1989-2018 年：n=3558，n=4841），通过测试当一个人拒绝某种性行为（如同性恋或非婚姻性行为）时，却从事这种行为，是否与报告不幸福的可能性更大有关，从而扩展了道德不一致理论。分析表明，报告在过去一年中发生过同性性行为的美国男性（而非女性）比其他男性更有可能表示不幸福，但前提是他们认为同性恋“总是错误的”。分析还表明，报告在过去一年中非婚姻性行为频率较高的美国女性（而非男性）比其他女性更有可能报告不幸福，但前提是她们认为非婚姻性行为“总是错误的”。尽管存在性别差异，但这些发现证实了道德不一致研究的预期：性行为本身与不幸福无关，而是与个人性行为的道德不一致或冲突有关。
