Department of Psychology, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, 46805, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Aug;50(6):2485-2505. doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-01987-w. Epub 2021 Aug 5.
Two studies examined the proposal that implicit and explicit sexual motives are associated with the experience of pleasure in sexual situations, as well as with seeking out sexual pleasure. In Study 1, implicit and explicit motive scores of 145 heterosexually identified women and 152 heterosexually identified men were demonstrated to be independently associated with the experience of pleasure in response to videos of female-male sexual behavior, more consistently so for women than men. The implicit and explicit motive scales were also associated with the frequency of viewing erotic materials in daily life. The experience of pleasure within sexual relationships was additionally shown to be associated with sexual motives, although primarily implicit motives. In Study 2 involving 139 women and 65 men, implicit motive scales were associated with ratings of interest in a potential romantic partner. The results support the conceptualization of the two instruments as measures of sexual motivation. The difference between implicit versus explicit measures in the pattern of correlations involving acquainted versus non-acquainted individuals is consistent with research on ideal partner preference.
两项研究检验了这样一种假设，即内隐和外显的性动机与性情境中的愉悦体验以及寻求性愉悦有关。在研究 1 中，145 名异性恋女性和 152 名异性恋男性的内隐和外显动机得分被证明与对女性-男性性行为视频的愉悦体验独立相关，对女性的相关性比男性更一致。内隐和外显动机量表也与日常生活中观看色情材料的频率有关。性伴侣关系中的愉悦体验也与性动机有关，尽管主要是内隐动机。在涉及 139 名女性和 65 名男性的研究 2 中，内隐动机量表与对潜在浪漫伴侣的兴趣评分相关。研究结果支持将这两个工具作为性动机的测量工具的概念化。在涉及熟悉和不熟悉个体的相关模式中，内隐测量与外显测量之间的差异与理想伴侣偏好的研究一致。
