Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Arch Sex Behav. 2023 Oct;52(7):3063-3079. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02668-6. Epub 2023 Aug 3.
Sexual assertiveness is often conceptualized as an individual's ability to express one's own sexual needs, desires, and limits. Given that sexual assertiveness is embedded in interactions and can affect not only both partners' sexual well-being but also relationship satisfaction, dyadic approaches are needed to investigate sexual assertiveness negotiation within adolescent romantic relationships. This qualitative study aimed to document adolescents' ability to negotiate their sexual needs, desires, and limits with their partners during interactions where they discussed their sexual concerns. A directed content analysis, based on the life positions of the transactional analysis theory, was conducted on the interactions of 40 adolescent romantic dyads aged 14-19 years (M = 16.65; SD = 1.49). The results revealed four categories of strategies: (1) mutual assertiveness: negotiation of one's own sexual needs, desires, and limits with those of the partner; (2) singular passiveness: repression of one's own sexual needs, desires, and limits to privilege those of the partner; (3) singular aggressiveness: prioritization of one's own sexual needs, desires, and limits over those of the partner; and (4) mutual lack of negotiation skills: neglecting both partners' sexual needs, desires, and limits. Among other things, adolescents' ability to be sexually assertive was hindered by anticipations, including assumptions leading to disregarding one's own sexual needs, desires, and limits or fearing to ignore the partner's. To promote mutually rewarding sexual activities and prevent sexual violence, sexual education initiatives should support adolescents' ability to assertively negotiate their sexuality with their partner and avoid passiveness, aggressiveness, and lack of negotiation.
性自信通常被概念化为个体表达自身性需求、欲望和界限的能力。鉴于性自信根植于互动之中，不仅会影响到双方的性健康，还会影响到关系满意度，因此需要采用对偶方法来研究青少年浪漫关系中的性自信协商。本定性研究旨在记录青少年在讨论性问题的互动中，与伴侣协商自身性需求、欲望和界限的能力。本研究基于Transactional Analysis 理论的生活立场，对 40 对 14-19 岁（M = 16.65；SD = 1.49）的青少年浪漫对偶体的互动进行了定向内容分析。结果揭示了四种策略类别：（1）相互性自信：协商自身的性需求、欲望和界限，同时考虑伴侣的需求、欲望和界限；（2）单一被动性：压制自身的性需求、欲望和界限，以优先考虑伴侣的需求、欲望和界限；（3）单一攻击性：优先考虑自身的性需求、欲望和界限，而忽视伴侣的需求、欲望和界限；（4）缺乏相互协商技巧：忽视双方的性需求、欲望和界限。除其他因素外，青少年的性自信能力受到预期的阻碍，包括导致忽视自身性需求、欲望和界限的假设，或者害怕忽视伴侣的需求、欲望和界限。为了促进互惠性的性活动并预防性暴力，性教育倡议应该支持青少年与伴侣自信地协商自身的性问题，避免被动、攻击性和缺乏协商技巧。
