To date no longitudinal
studies have evaluated the predictive value of the two factors of the Dual
Control Model-sexual excitation (SE) and sexual inhibition (SI)-for future
sexual function.
The aims of the present study were to investigate the
associations between SE/SI and sexual function and estimate their predictive
value for future sexual function in a sample of women. Overall, 2,214 women
participated in a web-based survey that assessed SE, SI, and sexual function as
well as symptoms of depression. The one and two-year follow-up surveys included
396 and 380 participants, respectively. Correlational analyses and hierarchical
regression analyses were conducted to analyze the relationships between
predictor and outcome variables.
Four factors of SE (Arousability, Partner
Characteristics, Sexual Power Dynamics, and Setting) and two factors of SI
(Concerns about Sexual Function and Arousal Contingency), as well as symptoms
of depression and partnership status were significant predictors of concurrent
and future sexual function. Several subscales of SE and SI contributed to the
prediction of future sexual function above and beyond prior sexual function
levels.
Our study provides the first supportive evidence for the assumptions of
the Dual Control Model that propensities for low SE and high SI influence
future sexual function.
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- 1 Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum , Bochum , Germany.
- 2 Department of Psychology , University of Southampton , Southampton , UK.
- J Sex Marital Ther. 2016 Jan 6:0.
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