Nickull Sabina, Källström Marianne, Jern Patrick
Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Department of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
J Sex Med. 2022 May;19(5):711-718. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.02.006. Epub 2022 Mar 11.
Sexual and relationship satisfaction are intimately connected and share many predictors.
The aim of the present study is to disentangle the relationship between sexual and relationship satisfaction, by exploring the connections to other relevant correlates.
Regularized mixed graphical model networks were estimated separately for men and women, which were compared using the network comparison test. In addition, strength centrality and community structure were explored.
The partial correlation structure between sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction and their correlates.
The associations between variables measuring sexual and relationship satisfaction and related constructs did not differ significantly between partnered, cisgendered men and women. Sexual and relationship satisfaction were associated with sexual pleasure, sexual distress, and sexual communication for both men and women. Sexual satisfaction was the most central variable in the network for men (strength = 1.1), while sexual desire was the most central variable for women (strength = 1.1). Frequency of sexual activity was a central variable for both men and women (strength men = 1.0, strength women = 1.1). The community analysis showed similar communities of variables for men and women, except that frequency of sexual activity consistently belonged to the same community as sexual and relationship satisfaction for men, but not as consistently for women.
The results have clinical implication in sex and couples therapy, as they increase the knowledge on sexual and relationship satisfaction.
STRENGTHS & LIMITATIONS: A strength of the study is the population-based dataset, and a limitation is that inferences of causality cannot be made due to the cross-sectional study design.
The present study suggests that men and women are largely similar when comparing constructs related to sexual and relationship satisfaction. Nickull S, Källström M, Jern P. An Exploratory Network Analysis of Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction Comparing Partnered Cisgendered Men and Women. J Sex Med 2022;19:711-718.
性满意度和关系满意度紧密相连且有许多共同的预测因素。
本研究的目的是通过探索与其他相关关联因素的联系，来理清性满意度和关系满意度之间的关系。
分别为男性和女性估计正则化混合图形模型网络，并使用网络比较检验进行比较。此外，还探讨了强度中心性和社区结构。
性满意度、关系满意度及其关联因素之间的偏相关结构。
在有伴侣的顺性别男性和女性中，测量性满意度和关系满意度及相关构念的变量之间的关联没有显著差异。性满意度和关系满意度在男性和女性中都与性快感、性困扰和性沟通相关。性满意度是男性网络中最核心的变量（强度 = 1.1），而性欲是女性网络中最核心的变量（强度 = 1.1）。性活动频率对男性和女性都是核心变量（男性强度 = 1.0，女性强度 = 1.1）。社区分析表明，男性和女性的变量社区相似，但性活动频率在男性中始终与性满意度和关系满意度属于同一社区，而在女性中并非始终如此。
这些结果在性治疗和夫妻治疗中有临床意义，因为它们增加了对性满意度和关系满意度的了解。
本研究的一个优点是基于人群的数据集，一个局限性是由于横断面研究设计无法进行因果推断。
本研究表明，在比较与性满意度和关系满意度相关的构念时，男性和女性在很大程度上是相似的。尼克ull S、卡尔斯特伦 M、耶恩 P。对有伴侣的顺性别男性和女性的性满意度和关系满意度进行探索性网络分析。《性医学杂志》2022；19：711 - 718。
