Vaccarino Elysia, Raposo Stephanie, Muise Amy
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Soc Psychol Personal Sci. 2025 Apr;16(3):324-332. doi: 10.1177/19485506231217529. Epub 2023 Dec 24.
Sexual frequency in relationships is associated with satisfaction. Beyond objective reports, the subjective time since sex might also be associated with relationship evaluations. When sex feels further away, do people feel less satisfied? Do they desire sex more? In a cross-sectional study (Study 1), when one's last sexual experience felt further away, people reported lower sexual satisfaction and desire. In an experimental study (Study 2), women (but not men) who were made to feel that the last sex was further (vs. closer) reported lower desire, but overall, there was limited evidence of causal effects. However, in a 21-day daily experience study (Study 3), within-person lagged models revealed that sex feeling further away was associated with lower sexual satisfaction, but higher desire, tomorrow, and higher desire and satisfaction were associated with sex feeling further away tomorrow. Subjective time since sex has nuanced associations in relationships, especially with desire and satisfaction in daily life.
恋爱关系中的性行为频率与满意度相关。除了客观报告外，距离上次性行为的主观时间也可能与恋爱关系评估相关。当感觉性行为的时间间隔变长时，人们会感觉满意度降低吗？他们会更渴望性行为吗？在一项横断面研究（研究1）中，当一个人感觉距离上次性经历的时间更远时，他们报告的性满意度和性欲望较低。在一项实验研究（研究2）中，那些被引导感觉上次性行为时间更远（而非更近）的女性（而非男性）报告的性欲望较低，但总体而言，因果效应的证据有限。然而，在一项为期21天的日常体验研究（研究3）中，个体内部滞后模型显示，感觉性行为时间更远与较低的性满意度相关，但与次日较高的性欲望相关，而较高的性欲望和满意度与次日感觉性行为时间更远相关。距离上次性行为的主观时间在恋爱关系中有细微的关联，尤其是与日常生活中的性欲望和满意度相关。
