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.2024 Oct;53(9):3451-3460.
doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02985-4. Epub 2024 Aug 30.

Porn or Partner Arousal? When It Comes to Romantic Relationships, Not All Sexual Arousal Is Equal: A Prospective Study

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Porn or Partner Arousal? When It Comes to Romantic Relationships, Not All Sexual Arousal Is Equal: A Prospective Study

Nicholas J Lawless et al. Arch Sex Behav.2024 Oct.

Abstract

Little is known about the role of subjective sexual arousal within romantic relationships. The current paper addresses this limitation using a prospective study design that investigates the direct associations between subjective sexual arousal induced by a romantic partner (partner arousal) and arousal induced by pornography (porn arousal) on changes in relational outcomes. A total of 309 participants who were in a current romantic relationship completed measures of partner and porn arousal as well as relational outcomes (i.e., sexual satisfaction and relationship quality and stability) at baseline (T1) and completed a second assessment of relational outcomes 2 months later (T2). Partner arousal was found to have no significant associations with changes in relational outcomes; however, porn arousal was associated with significant declines in sexual satisfaction and relationship quality and stability over a 2-month period. This paper is the first to examine how feeling sexually aroused by porn may impact relational outcomes for those in romantic relationships.

Keywords: Pornography; Relationship quality; Relationship stability; Sexual satisfaction; Subjective sexual arousal.

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Path analysis of subjective sexual arousal and changes in relationship outcomes. *p < .05 and **p < .01. Note: rrq = error term relationship quality; rrs = error term relationship stability, and rss = error term sexual satisfaction. Path coefficients are standardized regression estimates (the unstandardized estimates for the path coefficients are reported in Supplement 1)
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