Frérart Liesse, De Roovere Claudia, Sels Laura, Ceulemans Eva, Janssen Erick, Kuppens Peter
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven.
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University.
J Sex Res. 2025 May-Jun;62(5):832-842. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2395482. Epub 2024 Sep 4.
The association between mood and sexual desire has been the object of significant scientific and public interest. How mood shapes and is shaped by sexual desire is typically studied within one and the same individual, yet sexual desire is often experienced in the context of a romantic relationship. To obtain a more complete picture of the relation between mood and sexual desire, we examined the temporal interplay between mood and sexual desire both within and between partners in a romantic relationship. Using data from an experience sampling study involving both partners of mixed-gender romantic couples ( = 188; = 26.34, = 5.33), we investigated how each partner's mood (in terms of positive and negative affect) predicted their own sexual desire as well as that of their partner and vice versa. Results of both concurrent and temporal analyses confirmed bidirectional associations between mood and sexual desire both within and between partners, such that (1) both a person's own and their partner's positive mood predicted an increase in sexual desire, and a person's own and their partner's negative mood predicted a decrease in sexual desire. In addition, (2) both a person's own and their partner's sexual desire predicted an increase in positive mood, and a person's own and their partner's sexual desire predicted a decrease in negative mood. Only a few gender differences were found. The results underscore how sexual desire can predict and be predicted by both romantic partners' mood, highlighting the need for interactional models of sexual desire.
情绪与性欲之间的关联一直是科学和公众关注的重要对象。情绪如何塑造性欲以及如何被性欲塑造，通常是在同一个个体内部进行研究的，然而性欲往往是在浪漫关系的背景下体验到的。为了更全面地了解情绪与性欲之间的关系，我们研究了浪漫关系中伴侣内部以及伴侣之间情绪与性欲的时间交互作用。利用一项经验抽样研究的数据，该研究涉及异性恋浪漫情侣的双方（n = 188；平均年龄 = 26.34岁，标准差 = 5.33），我们调查了每个伴侣的情绪（从积极和消极情绪方面）如何预测他们自己以及伴侣的性欲，反之亦然。同步分析和时间分析的结果都证实了伴侣内部以及伴侣之间情绪与性欲的双向关联，即：（1）一个人自己以及其伴侣的积极情绪都预测性欲会增加，而一个人自己以及其伴侣的消极情绪都预测性欲会降低。此外，（2）一个人自己以及其伴侣的性欲都预测积极情绪会增加，而一个人自己以及其伴侣 的性欲都预测消极情绪会降低。仅发现了一些性别差异。这些结果强调了性欲如何能够被浪漫伴侣双方的情绪所预测以及反过来又能预测伴侣的情绪，突出了性欲互动模型的必要性。
