Busby Dean M, Leonhardt Nathan D, Hanna-Walker Veronica, Leavitt Chelom E
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
J Sex Res. 2022 Feb;59(2):185-202. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1891189. Epub 2021 Mar 11.
In this study we explored the sexual response process in couple relationships. With a U.S. sample of 383 mixed-sex couples we found seven different classes of couple sexual response using Dyadic Latent Class Growth Analysis for ratings of self and partner about their most recent sexual experience. These classes ranged from synchronous High Arousal (31.6%) and Medium Arousal (27.7%) groups, to a few classes where one partner had a quick arousal process and the other partner had very low levels of arousal. Couples in these classes were differentiated on their levels of accuracy in understanding what their partner was experiencing, as one class had couples where men experienced higher arousal than women in the first part of the experience, but the male partner was aware of the discrepancy (Equifinality, 6.8%, i.e. couples start at different levels of arousal but end up at the same place), and another where men experienced higher arousal than women throughout the experience, but men inaccurately thought their partner also experienced higher arousal (Inaccurate Split, 7.3%). The seven classes had significantly different values on variables measuring the quality of the specific sexual experience. These classes also significantly differed on a variety of measures assessing the overall sexual relationship and the relationship as a whole. These findings counter the argument that the sexual response cycle is uniform for most couples.
在本研究中，我们探讨了伴侣关系中的性反应过程。在美国选取了383对不同性别的伴侣作为样本，我们使用二元潜在类别增长分析，针对自我和伴侣对其最近一次性经历的评分，发现了七种不同类型的伴侣性反应。这些类别从同步的高唤醒（31.6%）和中等唤醒（27.7%）组，到少数一方伴侣有快速唤醒过程而另一方伴侣唤醒水平极低的类别。这些类别中的伴侣在理解伴侣经历方面的准确程度有所不同，比如有一类伴侣中，男性在性经历的第一阶段比女性有更高的唤醒，但男性伴侣意识到了这种差异（等效性，6.8%，即伴侣开始时唤醒水平不同但最终处于相同状态），另一类是男性在整个性经历中比女性有更高的唤醒，但男性错误地认为其伴侣也有更高的唤醒（不准确的差异，7.3%）。这七个类别在衡量特定性经历质量的变量上有显著不同的值。这些类别在评估整体性关系和整个伴侣关系的各种指标上也有显著差异。这些发现反驳了大多数伴侣的性反应周期是一致的这一观点。
