Patton D, Waring E M
J Sex Marital Ther. 1985 Fall;11(3):176-84. doi: 10.1080/00926238508405443.
The quality of sex and marital intimacy may be related to each other in ways which are not clearly understood. Some theorists have suggested that they vary positively with each other. Others have suggested an independent relationship. Two hundred and fifty couples in the community completed the Waring Intimacy Questionnaire (WIQ). Included in the WIQ is a qualitative assessment of sexual communication and fulfillment in the marriage. Weak positive correlations between sex and total intimacy were found for both husbands (r = .41) and wives (r = .39). A principal components factor analysis revealed separate factor structures for husbands' and wives' data. For the women, a single factor (intimacy) included strong loadings from all facets of intimacy defined. Their degree of sexual fulfillment was included in this factor. For husbands, on the other hand, a second factor (sexuality) accounted for 12.7% of the variance. These results suggest that discrepancies between previous studies may be a function of clinical populations being investigated, or an effect of averaging husbands' and wives' data. The results are discussed in terms of their clinical implications.
性与婚姻亲密关系的质量可能以一些尚未完全明晰的方式相互关联。一些理论家认为它们呈正相关。另一些人则提出它们是独立关系。社区中的250对夫妇完成了韦林亲密关系问卷（WIQ）。WIQ包括对婚姻中性沟通和性满足的定性评估。丈夫（r = 0.41）和妻子（r = 0.39）的性与总体亲密关系之间均发现了微弱的正相关。主成分因子分析揭示了丈夫和妻子数据的不同因子结构。对于女性而言，一个单一因子（亲密关系）包含了所定义的亲密关系各个方面的强负荷。她们的性满足程度也包含在这个因子中。另一方面，对于丈夫来说，第二个因子（性特征）解释了12.7%的方差。这些结果表明，先前研究之间的差异可能是所研究的临床人群的作用，或者是对丈夫和妻子数据进行平均的结果。本文从临床意义的角度对结果进行了讨论。
