Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology.
Centre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology.
J Sex Res. 2023 May;60(4):498-507. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2079111. Epub 2022 May 27.
Previous investigations into Female Sexual Desire (FSD) have been focused on women's biological, cognitive, and emotional processes, despite evidence that FSD is also responsive to relational contexts. Past research consistently demonstrates a general association between relationship satisfaction and FSD. There remains, however, a need to expound this connection. In response, this study explored the role of relationship equity in relationship satisfaction and FSD. For this cross-sectional study, 299 Australian women aged 18 to 39 years responded to an online questionnaire measuring relationship factors and dimensions of sexual desire. Two mediation models were tested to examine how relationship equity was associated with solitary and dyadic sexual desire, via a connection with relationship satisfaction. As expected, equality in relationships predicted relationship satisfaction, which, subsequently, was related to higher levels of dyadic sexual desire. No significant mediation was found for solitary desire, indicating that relationship factors may not play a critical role in this domain. This result also demonstrates a distinct divergence between the two domains of desire that requires further examination. These results solidify the notion of FSD as a multifaceted construct and present meaningful implications for theory, research, and clinical practice.
先前对女性性欲望（FSD）的研究主要集中在女性的生物、认知和情感过程上，尽管有证据表明 FSD 也对关系环境有反应。过去的研究一致表明，关系满意度与 FSD 之间存在普遍关联。然而，仍需要进一步阐述这种联系。有鉴于此，本研究探讨了关系公平在关系满意度和 FSD 中的作用。在这项横断面研究中，299 名年龄在 18 至 39 岁的澳大利亚女性对在线问卷进行了回应，该问卷测量了关系因素和性欲望的各个维度。测试了两个中介模型，以检验关系公平如何通过与关系满意度的联系与单一和双重性欲望相关。正如预期的那样，关系中的平等性预测了关系满意度，而关系满意度又与更高水平的双重性欲望相关。单一欲望没有发现显著的中介作用，这表明关系因素在这个领域可能不是关键因素。这一结果还表明，两种欲望领域存在明显的分歧，需要进一步研究。这些结果巩固了 FSD 作为一个多方面结构的概念，并对理论、研究和临床实践具有重要意义。
