Journal
HEALTHCARE
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11050648
Keywords
perceived sexual desire discrepancy; romantic relationships; sexual communication; sexual satisfaction
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This study tested a mediation model and found that the quality of dyadic sexual communication plays a key role in decreasing the degree of perceived sexual desire discrepancy through increased sexual satisfaction.
Difficulties related to sexual desire discrepancy are among the most common complaints in people seeking help in therapy. The aims of the current study were to test a mediation model using a bootstrapping procedure where the quality of the dyadic sexual communication plays a key role in increasing or diminishing the degree of perceived sexual desire discrepancy through sexual satisfaction. An online survey was administered through social media to N = 369 participants involved in a romantic relationship, measuring the quality of dyadic sexual communication, sexual satisfaction, the degree of the perceived sexual desire discrepancy, and a series of relevant covariates. As expected, the mediation model showed that a better quality of dyadic sexual communication is related to a lower degree of perceived sexual desire discrepancy through increased sexual satisfaction (beta = -0.17, SE = 0.05, [95% CI = -0.27, -0.07]). The effect held over and above the effect of the relevant covariates. The theoretical and practical implications of the present study are discussed.
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