Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Southwest University.
Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University.
J Sex Res. 2023 Feb;60(2):231-241. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2045889. Epub 2022 Mar 18.
This study examined the stability and change in asexuality in terms of sexual orientation identity, sexual/romantic attraction, and sexual desire. Data were collected in three waves at 12-month intervals (n = 168). In each wave, the participants completed measures of sexual/romantic orientation identity, sexual/romantic attraction, the Sexual Desire Inventory, and the Asexuality Identification Scale (AIS). Approximately 83% of asexual and gray-asexual individuals maintained their sexual orientation identity between two adjacent waves. The latent growth models indicated an increased tendency for sexual/romantic attraction and solitary sexual desire, while a decreased tendency for AIS over time was established. Only the sexual attraction slope significantly predicted asexual identity, indicating a longitudinal effect of sexual attraction on asexual identification. Initial levels of sexual attraction, and scores on the AIS and dyadic sexual desire (DSD) were associated with stability and changes in asexual identity. Asexual individuals who reported low sexual attraction, low DSD, and high AIS maintained their asexual identity, whereas those who reported high sexual attraction, high DSD, and low AIS were more likely to change their sexual orientation. The current findings indicate the relative stability of asexuality, which supports the notion that asexuality could be deemed a fourth sexual orientation.
本研究从性取向认同、性/浪漫吸引力和性欲望三个方面考察了无性倾向的稳定性和变化。研究数据在三个时间点以 12 个月为间隔收集（n=168）。在每个时间点，参与者都完成了性/浪漫取向认同、性/浪漫吸引力、性欲望量表和无性倾向识别量表的测量。大约 83%的无性和灰色无性个体在两个相邻的时间点之间保持了他们的性取向认同。潜在增长模型表明，性/浪漫吸引力和独身性欲望的倾向增加，而 AIS 的倾向随时间减少。只有性吸引力斜率显著预测了无性倾向，表明性吸引力对无性倾向的纵向影响。初始性吸引力水平，以及 AIS 和对偶性欲望（DSD）的得分与无性倾向的稳定性和变化有关。报告性吸引力低、DSD 低和 AIS 高的无性个体保持其无性身份，而报告性吸引力高、DSD 高和 AIS 低的个体更有可能改变其性取向。目前的研究结果表明无性倾向具有相对稳定性，这支持了无性倾向可以被视为第四种性取向的观点。
