Extradyadic stress as a barrier to sexual activity in couples? A dyadic response surface analysis.

ABSTRACT: Sexuality is integral to most romantic relationships. Through stress spillover, however, factors such as individually experienced stress outside of the relationship (i.e., extradyadic stress) can negatively impact sexuality. In this study, we explored how a possible (mis)matching of both partners' levels of extradyadic stress is related to sexual activity and tested for gender differences. Analyzing 316 mixed-gender couples from Switzerland, we employed Dyadic Response Surface Analysis to assess how extradyadic stress is associated with sexual activity. Our results showed that extradyadic stress was positively linked to sexual activity for women (in general) and men (in the case of matching stress levels). As this result was surprising, we conducted additional exploratory analyses and spli

SUBMITTER: Landolt SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446673 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature