Department of Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 313 Wallace Hall (0416), 295 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2021 May;50(4):1613-1626. doi: 10.1007/s10508-020-01874-w. Epub 2021 Apr 27.
Although sexual experiences are normative by young adulthood, individuals continue to explore and develop their sexual behaviors and cognitions across the college years. Thus, perceived consequences of sexual experiences may change. Similarly, characteristics of sexual experiences such as partner type, alcohol use, and sexual behavior type predict perceived consequences, and these associations may change over time. In this study, we addressed links between characteristics of sexual experiences (casual vs. committed partner, heavy alcohol use on sex days, and kissing/touching only vs. oral/penetrative sex) and short-term perceived consequences of sexual experiences (physical satisfaction, emotional intimacy, not satisfied, guilt, not ready), using daily data collected longitudinally across seven college semesters. We also examined whether perceived consequences of sex change across college and whether within-person daily associations between sexual experience characteristics and perceived consequences of sex change across college. An ethnically and racially diverse sample of traditionally aged first year university students (N = 566; 54% female; 98% heterosexual) completed online surveys, yielding 8,838 daily reports about sexual behaviors. Multilevel models indicated that partner type, heavy alcohol use, and sexual behavior type predicted within-person differences in perceived consequences of sex. Interactions between characteristics of sexual experiences and college semester indicated that differences in perceived consequences of sexual experiences with casual versus committed partners lessened over time. The likelihood of reporting physical satisfaction and guilt after only kissing/touching (but not oral/penetrative sex) decreased across college semesters. Findings inform understanding of normative sexual development by demonstrating that perceived consequences and their predictors change across time.
虽然性经验在青年时期是正常的，但个体在整个大学期间仍在探索和发展其性行为和认知。因此，性经验的感知后果可能会发生变化。同样，性经验的特征，如伴侣类型、性活动日的大量饮酒以及仅亲吻/触摸与口交/插入性性行为，预测感知后果，并且这些关联可能随时间而变化。在这项研究中，我们通过跨七个大学学期的纵向每日数据，探讨了性经验特征（偶然伴侣与忠诚伴侣、性活动日大量饮酒以及仅亲吻/触摸与口交/插入性性行为）与性经验短期感知后果（身体满足感、情感亲密感、不满意、内疚感、没准备好）之间的联系。我们还检验了性行为的感知后果是否会随着大学阶段的变化而变化，以及个体每日性经验特征与性行为感知后果之间的关联是否会随着大学阶段的变化而变化。本研究采用传统年龄的一年级大学生（N=566；女性占 54%；异性恋占 98%）的种族和民族多样化样本，完成了在线调查，共产生了 8838 份关于性行为的每日报告。多层次模型表明，伴侣类型、大量饮酒和性行为类型预测了个体内性行为感知后果的差异。性经验特征与大学学期之间的交互作用表明，与偶然伴侣相比，与忠诚伴侣发生性行为的感知后果差异随着时间的推移而减少。在整个大学期间，仅亲吻/触摸（而非口交/插入性性行为）后报告身体满足感和内疚感的可能性降低。这些发现通过表明感知后果及其预测因素随时间变化而变化，为理解正常的性发展提供了信息。
