Shoikhedbrod Ariel, Harasymchuk Cheryl, Impett Emily A, Muise Amy
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2024 Sep 30:1461672241279099. doi: 10.1177/01461672241279099.
Sexual need fulfillment is central to well-being in romantic relationships. Self-determination theory suggests that perceiving a romantic partner as autonomously supportive is linked with greater well-being through supporting the fulfillment of basic psychological needs. The current research examines whether there are unique associations with need fulfillment and sexual and relationship satisfaction when people perceive their partner as autonomously supportive in the sexual domain. Across three multi-method studies ( = 786), we developed a measure of perceived partner sexual autonomy support and demonstrated that perceiving sexual autonomy support from a partner in general, during sex, and over time were associated with greater sexual need fulfillment as well as sexual and relationship satisfaction for both partners over and above the association with general perceived autonomy support and perceived partner responsiveness during sex. Sexual need fulfillment also accounted for the positive associations between perceived partner sexual autonomy support and satisfaction across studies.
性需求的满足是浪漫关系中幸福感的核心。自我决定理论表明,将浪漫伴侣视为自主支持型的人,通过支持基本心理需求的满足,与更高的幸福感相关联。当前的研究探讨了,当人们认为伴侣在性领域给予自主支持时,性需求的满足以及性满意度和关系满意度是否存在独特的关联。在三项多方法研究(N = 786)中,我们开发了一种感知伴侣性自主支持的测量方法,并证明,总体上、性行为期间以及长期来看,感知到伴侣给予性自主支持,与更高的性需求满足以及双方的性满意度和关系满意度相关,这种关联超出了与一般性感知自主支持以及性行为期间感知伴侣反应性的关联。在各项研究中,性需求的满足也解释了感知伴侣性自主支持与满意度之间的正向关联。