Tiredness/fatigue and sexuality in everyday life: Findings from an ecological momentary assessment.

ABSTRACT: Tiredness may be associated with increased or decreased sexual experience and behavior while fatigue seems to have a predominantly negative effect, although evidence is scarce. This ecological momentary assessment study is the first to examine associations between tiredness or fatigue and concurrent / subsequent sexual desire or sexual arousal and previous / subsequent sexual activity in daily life, including event-based measurements and considering gender differences. Healthy heterosexual individuals (n = 63), aged between 19 and 32 years and in a relationship, indicated their tiredness, general fatigue, physical fatigue, sexual desire, and sexual arousal on an iPod seven times daily over 14 days, and any event-based occurrences of sexual activity. The data were analyzed using multilevel

SUBMITTER: Mues HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12535510 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature