Positive Body Image and Sexual Functioning in Dutch Female University Students: The Role of Adult Romantic Attachment

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• 作者：Femke van den Brink ; Monique A. M. Smeets ; David J. Hessen…
• 刊名：Archives of Sexual Behavior
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：45
• 期：5
• 页码：1217-1226
• 全文大小：516 KB
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Sexual Behavior
  Social Sciences
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-2800
• 卷排序：45

文摘

This study focused on links between romantic attachment, positive body image, and sexual functioning. Dutch female university students (N = 399) completed an online survey that included self-report items about body appreciation, sexual functioning, and romantic attachment. A proposed conceptual model was tested using structural equation modeling and a good fit to the data was found. Results revealed that attachment avoidance in a romantic context was negatively related to sexual arousal, vaginal lubrication, the ability to reach orgasm, and sexual satisfaction. Attachment anxiety was negatively related to body appreciation which, in turn, was positively related to sexual desire and arousal. Findings indicated that romantic attachment is meaningfully linked to body appreciation and sexual functioning. Therefore, the concept of adult attachment may be a useful tool for the treatment of sexual problems of young women.KeywordsBody imageBody appreciationSexual functioningRomantic attachment