Ndungu Rorah W, Hammett Julia F, Peddle Anna K, Jaffe Anna E, Duckworth Jennifer C, Stappenbeck Cynthia A
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, PO Box 5010, Atlanta, GA, 30302-5010, USA.
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Apr 16. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03138-x.
Recent research has shown that sex-related drinking motives-motivations to drink to cope with sex-related distress or enhance sex-are associated with increased risk for negative sexual consequences. Limited research suggests that difficulties with emotion regulation and distress tolerance as well as self-objectification are associated with increased drinking motives. However, it remains unclear how emotion regulation and distress tolerance influence the relationship between sexual self-objectification (a subset of self-objectification) and sex-related drinking motives in college women. The current study examined main and interactive effects of sexual self-objectification, emotion regulation difficulties, and distress tolerance abilities on both coping and enhancement sex-related drinking motives. College women (N = 351) recruited from four US universities completed a one-time online survey. Results demonstrated that women with greater sexual self-objectification tendencies were more motivated to drink to cope with sex-related distress and to drink to enhance sex. Moreover, the positive association between sexual self-objectification and drinking to cope with sex-related distress motives was strongest for women with high levels of distress tolerance compared to women with low levels of distress tolerance. These findings may help inform the design and implementation of programs on college campuses where alcohol use and risky sexual behavior are prevalent.
近期研究表明，与性相关的饮酒动机——即通过饮酒来应对与性相关的困扰或增强性体验的动机——与负面性后果风险增加有关。有限的研究表明，情绪调节困难、痛苦耐受力以及自我物化与饮酒动机增加有关。然而，情绪调节和痛苦耐受力如何影响大学女生的性自我物化（自我物化的一个子集）与性相关饮酒动机之间的关系仍不清楚。当前研究考察了性自我物化、情绪调节困难和痛苦耐受能力对应对性相关困扰及增强性体验的饮酒动机的主效应和交互效应。从美国四所大学招募的351名大学女生完成了一项一次性在线调查。结果表明，性自我物化倾向更强的女性更倾向于通过饮酒来应对与性相关的困扰以及增强性体验。此外，与痛苦耐受力低的女性相比，痛苦耐受力高的女性中性自我物化与为应对与性相关困扰而饮酒动机之间的正相关最为显著。这些发现可能有助于为大学校园里酒精使用和危险性行为普遍存在的项目的设计与实施提供参考。
