Somnophilia refers to the interest in having sex with a sleeping person. Using an online sample of 437 participants, the present study provides the first empirical examination of somnophilia, its various forms, and theorized correlates. Participants completed the newly developed Somnophilia Interest and Proclivity Scale, which comprises three subscales (active consensual, passive consensual, and active nonconsensual somnophilia). To test hypotheses about the convergent and divergent validity of different paraphilic interests, participants also completed scales measuring necrophilic, rape-related, and sadistic/masochistic sexual fantasies, rape proclivity, and the need for sexual dominance/submission. Male participants scored higher than females on all scales except the passive subscale. For both males and females, each subscale was associated most strongly with conceptually congruent variables. These results support existing theoretical assumptions about somnophilia, as well as offering newer insights, such as distinguishing between active and passive somnophilia. Limitations and implications for further research are discussed.

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嗜睡症：检查其各种形式和相关结构

嗜睡症是指对与熟睡的人发生性关系的兴趣。本研究使用 437 名参与者的在线样本，首次对嗜睡症、其各种形式和理论相关性进行了实证检验。参与者完成了新开发的嗜睡兴趣和倾向量表，其中包括三个子量表（主动同意、被动同意和主动非自愿嗜睡）。为了测试关于不同嗜好性兴趣的收敛和发散有效性的假设，参与者还完成了测量恋尸癖、强奸相关和虐待狂/受虐狂的性幻想、强奸倾向以及对性支配/屈服的需求的量表。除了被动子量表外，男性参与者在所有量表上的得分都高于女性。无论男女，每个子量表都与概念上一致的变量相关性最强。这些结果支持关于嗜睡症的现有理论假设，并提供了更新的见解，例如区分主动嗜睡症和被动嗜睡症。讨论了进一步研究的局限性和影响。