Extradyadic Sexual Involvement & Sexual Compulsivity in Male & Female Sexual Abuse Survivors

We tested a mediation model in which the relationship between child sexual abuse (CSA) severity and extradyadic sexual involvement (ESI) is explained through sexual compulsivity. 

Participants were 669 adults currently involved in an intimate relationship who completed self-report questionnaires. 

Prevalence of ESI was 32% in women and 57% in men survivors, more than twice the rates among participants with no CSA history. Sexual compulsivity was significantly higher in participants with multiple extradyadic partners as compared to participants reporting only one extradyadic relationship, who nevertheless scored higher than participants reporting no extradyadic partner. 

The hypothesized structural equation model (SEM) was invariant across men and women and indicated CSA severity was positively and significantly associated with sexual compulsivity, which, in turn, predicted ESI. However, there was also a direct association between CSA and ESI. High CSA severity, directly and through high sexual compulsivity, led to the highest probability of ESI.

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By: Vaillancourt-Morel MP1, Dugal C2, Stewart RP1, Godbout N3, Sabourin S1, Lussier Y4, Briere J5.

• 1a École de psychologie , Université Laval.
• 2b Département de psychologie , Université du Québec à Montréal.
• 3e Département de sexologie , Université du Québec à Montréal.
• 4c Département de psychologie , Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
• 5d Keck School of Medicine , University of Southern California , Los Angeles. 

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