TY - JOUR
T1 - A Dyadic Approach to Understanding the Link Between Sexual Functioning and Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Couples
AU - Pascoal, Patrícia M.
AU - Byers, E. Sandra
AU - Alvarez, Maria João
AU - Santos-Iglesias, Pablo
AU - Nobre, Pedro J.
AU - Pereira, Cicero Roberto
AU - Laan, Ellen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.
PY - 2018/11/22
Y1 - 2018/11/22
N2 - Researchers have demonstrated that several dimensions of sexual functioning (e.g., sexual desire, arousal, orgasm) are associated with the sexual satisfaction of individuals in a committed mixed-sex (male–female) relationship. We extended this research by comparing a dyadic model that included both own (i.e., actor effect) and partner (i.e., partner effect) domains of sexual functioning to an individual model that included only actor effects. Participants were 124 mixed-sex couples who completed online measures of sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction. Data analysis using the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) and structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that the dyadic model had a better fit than the individual model. Women’s sexual desire and orgasm and men’s erectile functioning were significant positive predictors of both own and partner’s sexual satisfaction. These results are discussed in terms of the importance of taking a dyadic approach to research and clinical work related to sexual satisfaction.
AB - Researchers have demonstrated that several dimensions of sexual functioning (e.g., sexual desire, arousal, orgasm) are associated with the sexual satisfaction of individuals in a committed mixed-sex (male–female) relationship. We extended this research by comparing a dyadic model that included both own (i.e., actor effect) and partner (i.e., partner effect) domains of sexual functioning to an individual model that included only actor effects. Participants were 124 mixed-sex couples who completed online measures of sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction. Data analysis using the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) and structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that the dyadic model had a better fit than the individual model. Women’s sexual desire and orgasm and men’s erectile functioning were significant positive predictors of both own and partner’s sexual satisfaction. These results are discussed in terms of the importance of taking a dyadic approach to research and clinical work related to sexual satisfaction.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224499.2017.1373267
DO - 10.1080/00224499.2017.1373267
M3 - Article
C2 - 29028439
AN - SCOPUS:85031413879
SN - 0022-4499
VL - 55
SP - 1155
EP - 1166
JO - Journal of Sex Research
JF - Journal of Sex Research
IS - 9
ER -