Son Eun Ju, Wilkinson Logan E, Mathi Lydia V K, Harris Emily A, Ibrahim Arlette, Beischel Will J, Chadwick Sara B, Miller Jessie, van Anders Sari M
Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Humphrey Hall, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Jan;54(1):157-174. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02963-w. Epub 2024 Aug 19.
Low sexual desire in women partnered with men has been the subject of controversy and research over the past decades, including both as construct and diagnosis. Despite discussion surrounding the causes of low desire, there is a gap in research about how women themselves understand the causes of their low desire and the potential consequences of these causal attributions. In the current study, we investigated this by asking 130 women who had low desire and were partnered with men about their attributions for low desire. Through content analysis, we identified five attribution categories: psychological/individual, relational, biological, sociocultural, and/or sexual orientation/identity/status. Many participants chose more than one category, indicating a multifaceted nature of women's causes of low desire. We then quantitatively assessed women's feelings of responsibility for, and emotions surrounding, their low desire. Our findings indicate that the majority-but not all-of women have negative feelings about their low desire. However, the specific emotions they experience are related to their attribution patterns. This underscores the significance of investigating various facets of women's attributions regarding low desire in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their emotional experiences and desire overall.
在过去几十年里，与男性伴侣相处的女性性欲低下一直是争议和研究的主题，包括作为一种概念和诊断。尽管围绕性欲低下的原因进行了讨论，但在女性自身如何理解其性欲低下的原因以及这些因果归因的潜在后果方面，研究仍存在空白。在当前的研究中，我们通过询问130名性欲低下且有男性伴侣的女性关于她们对性欲低下的归因来对此进行调查。通过内容分析，我们确定了五个归因类别：心理/个人、关系、生物、社会文化和/或性取向/身份/地位。许多参与者选择了不止一个类别，这表明女性性欲低下的原因具有多面性。然后，我们定量评估了女性对自己性欲低下的责任感以及相关情绪。我们的研究结果表明，大多数（但不是所有）女性对自己的性欲低下有负面情绪。然而，她们所经历的具体情绪与她们的归因模式有关。这凸显了调查女性对性欲低下归因的各个方面的重要性，以便更全面地了解她们的情感体验和总体欲望。
