中年异性恋和同性恋伴侣的性动机、压力和抑郁症状。
Sexual Motives, Stress, and Depressive Symptoms Among Midlife Different-Sex and Same-Sex Couples.
机构信息
Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
出版信息
Gerontologist. 2023 Feb 25;63(2):261-273. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac136.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Within relationships, sexual motives and stress are independent determinants of psychological health, with notable gendered patterns. However, previous research largely focuses on young adults and different-sex couples. Both sexual motives and levels of stress may be uniquely important to psychological health in midlife, and in potentially different ways for same-sex and different-sex couples. This study examined how the associations between sexual motives, stress, and depressive symptoms differ for midlife men and women in same-sex and different-sex marriages.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Using dyadic data from same-sex and different-sex midlife married couples (N = 830 individuals; 415 couples), we examined the associations of intrinsic (e.g., sex for enjoyment and pleasure) and extrinsic (e.g., sex to please one's spouse) motives for having sex with depressive symptoms and tested whether these associations differed by levels of stress for same-sex and different-sex spouses.
RESULTS
Intrinsic sexual motives were associated with fewer depressive symptoms only for same-sex married couples under high stress. Extrinsic sexual motives were related to greater depressive symptoms for women in low-stress conditions and men in high-stress conditions, and this did not differ for same-sex compared to different-sex marriages.
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS
Results show that the interplay between sexual motives and stress varies for men and women in same-sex and different-sex marriages. These findings underscore the importance of considering both gender and sexuality in studying sexual motives in midlife and suggest sexual motives as a useful treatment focus for protecting the psychological health of midlife married couples.
背景和目的
在人际关系中，性动机和压力是心理健康的独立决定因素，具有显著的性别模式。然而，先前的研究主要集中在年轻成年人和异性恋伴侣身上。性动机和压力水平在中年期可能对心理健康尤为重要，而且对于同性恋和异性恋伴侣来说，其影响方式可能不同。本研究探讨了性动机、压力和抑郁症状在同性恋和异性恋婚姻中的中年男性和女性之间的关联有何不同。
研究设计和方法
利用来自中年同性恋和异性恋已婚夫妇的对偶数据（N=830 人；415 对），我们研究了性行为的内在（例如，为了享受和快乐而发生性行为）和外在动机（例如，为了取悦配偶而发生性行为）与抑郁症状的关联，并测试了这些关联在同性恋和异性恋配偶中是否因压力水平而异。
结果
只有在高压力下，内在性动机才与较少的抑郁症状相关。对于低压力条件下的女性和高压力条件下的男性，外在性动机与更多的抑郁症状相关，而且这种关联在同性恋和异性恋婚姻中没有差异。
讨论和意义
结果表明，性动机和压力之间的相互作用在同性恋和异性恋婚姻中的男性和女性之间存在差异。这些发现强调了在研究中年期性动机时考虑性别和性取向的重要性，并表明性动机是保护中年已婚夫妇心理健康的一个有用治疗重点。
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