Georgieva Monika, Milhausen Robin R, Quinn-Nilas Christopher
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph.
J Sex Res. 2023 Mar-Apr;60(3):315-324. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2076278. Epub 2022 May 24.
Reasons for sex are associated with sexual and relational outcomes. This study investigated reasons for sex at last sex, with a focus on obligation (an avoidance motivation) and doing something nice for a partner (an approach motivation), and their associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction, while controlling for marital duration, age, and sexual desire. We investigated these reasons among married, midlife Canadian women ( = 324), men ( = 275), and 25 non-binary/gender queer participants 40 to 59 years of age. Participants were recruited from a Qualtrics analytics panel and completed an online questionnaire. Obligation was reported as a reason for having sex by 12.4% of women and 1.8% of men; "doing something nice" was reported by 10.2% of women and 9.5% of men. In regression analyses, women who reported having sex for obligation had significantly lower relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction than women who did not report this reason. In contrast, having sex to do something nice for one's partner was associated with higher sexual satisfaction among women. Findings indicate that having sex when feeling obligated may be associated with negative sexual and relational outcomes among midlife women.
性行为的原因与性及人际关系结果相关。本研究调查了最近一次性行为的原因，重点关注义务感（一种回避动机）和为伴侣做些贴心之事（一种趋近动机），以及它们与性和关系满意度的关联，同时控制婚姻时长、年龄和性欲等因素。我们在年龄为40至59岁的已婚加拿大中年女性（n = 324）、男性（n = 275）以及25名非二元/性别酷儿参与者中调查了这些原因。参与者通过Qualtrics分析面板招募，并完成了一份在线问卷。12.4%的女性和1.8%的男性表示义务感是发生性行为的一个原因；10.2%的女性和9.5%的男性表示是“为伴侣做些贴心之事”。在回归分析中，报告因义务感而发生性行为的女性，其关系满意度和性满意度显著低于未报告此原因的女性。相比之下，为伴侣做些贴心之事而发生性行为与女性更高的性满意度相关。研究结果表明，在感到有义务时发生性行为可能与中年女性负面的性及人际关系结果相关。
