Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10056
Title: The Effects of Similarity in Sexual Excitation, Inhibition, and Mood on Sexual Arousal Problems and Sexual Satisfaction in Newlywed Couples
Contributor(s): Lykins, Amy  (author)orcid ; Janssen, Erick (author); Newhouse, Sarah (author); Heiman, Julia (author); Rafaeli, Eshkol (author)
Publication Date: 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02698.x
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10056
Abstract: Introduction:  Despite the importance of sexuality for romantic relationships, there has been little research attention to individual differences and dyadic variables, including couple similarity, and their association with sexual problems and satisfaction. Aim:  The current study examined the effects of the propensity for sexual inhibition and sexual excitation scales (SIS/SES) and the effects of different mood states on sexuality (Mood and Sexuality Questionnaire [MSQ]), at both the individual and the dyad level, on sexual arousal problems and sexual satisfaction. Methods:  Similarity in SIS/SES and MSQ was measured in a nonclinical sample of 35 newlywed couples and operationally defined as the within-couple, z-transformed correlations between the two partners' item responses. Main Outcome Measures:  Sexual arousal problems were assessed using self-report measures (Demographic and Sexual History Questionnaire) and focused on the past 3 months. Sexual satisfaction was assessed using the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction. Results:  Regression analyses revealed that greater similarity in the effects of anxiety and stress on sexuality was associated with more reported sexual arousal problems of wives. In contrast, the husbands' sexual arousal problems were related only to their own higher SIS1 scores. Higher SES scores predicted lower sexual satisfaction for both husbands and wives. Wives who reported strong positive mood effects on their sexuality indicated greater sexual satisfaction, while husbands who were more similar to their wives in the effect of positive moods on sexuality indicated greater sexual satisfaction. Conclusions:  The findings show that, above and beyond one's own sexual propensities, similarity in various aspects of sexuality predicts sexual problems (more so in women) and sexual satisfaction (in both men and women).
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9(5), p. 1360-1366
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1743-6109
1743-6095
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520302 Clinical psychology
520303 Counselling psychology
520304 Health psychology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920507 Womens Health
920504 Mens Health
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200509 Women's and maternal health
200504 Men's health
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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