Cole C M, Blakeney P E, Chan F A, Chesney A P, Creson D L
J Sex Marital Ther. 1979 Summer;5(2):79-89. doi: 10.1080/00926237908403720.
Although sex researchers and therapists alike talk about treating "couples," there persists an assumption that "symptomatic" partners vary significantly from "asymptomatic" partners with respect to early background and personality variables. Indeed, these differences have been sometimes viewed as primary causal factors for the couple's presenting state of sexual discord. Data from a short-term intensive treatment program was analyzed to compare factors such as parental-familial background, sexual attitudes and knowledge, and marital histories for individuals diagnosed as symptomatic and their partners who received no specific sexual diagnosis. Results indicated few significant differences between these identified groups. There were also few differences between groups based upon items from a follow-up evaluation, suggesting that the prognostic value of these classifications may likewise be placed in question. In general, the couple's ongoing relationship (rather than individual characteristics) appears responsible for establishing satisfactory levels of sexual intimacy. Suggestions were made toward developing couple-oriented diagnostic and outcome categories.
尽管性研究人员和治疗师都在谈论治疗“伴侣”，但仍然存在一种假设，即“有症状”的伴侣在早期背景和个性变量方面与“无症状”的伴侣有显著差异。事实上，这些差异有时被视为导致伴侣出现性不和谐状态的主要因果因素。对一个短期强化治疗项目的数据进行了分析，以比较诸如父母家庭背景、性态度和知识以及婚姻史等因素，这些因素涉及被诊断为有症状的个体及其未接受特定性诊断的伴侣。结果表明，这些已识别的群体之间几乎没有显著差异。基于后续评估项目的各群体之间也几乎没有差异，这表明这些分类的预后价值同样可能受到质疑。总体而言，伴侣之间持续的关系（而非个体特征）似乎对建立令人满意的性亲密程度负责。文中针对开发以伴侣为导向的诊断和结果类别提出了建议。
