Attachment insecurity is negatively linked to sexual satisfaction in committed relationships, but we have much to learn about the specific mechanisms underlying this connection. With a sample of 1,421 participants from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, we used structural equation modeling to explore whether sexual passion expression (harmonious, obsessive, inhibited) might mediate the association between insecure attachment (anxious and avoidant) and sexual satisfaction. Anxious attachment was linked to lower harmonious sexual passion, higher obsessive sexual passion, and higher inhibited sexual passion. Attachment avoidance was linked to lower harmonious sexual passion and higher inhibited sexual passion. Harmonious sexual passion was strongly linked to higher sexual satisfaction, and inhibited sexual passion was negatively linked to sexual satisfaction (for men). Sexual passion expression variables fully mediated the associations between attachment insecurity and sexual satisfaction. This study highlights that the expression of sexual passion may be important when considering the connection between attachment and sexual satisfaction.

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性激情和依恋：性激情风格作为依恋不安全感和承诺关系中的性满足之间的中介

依恋不安全感与忠诚关系中的性满足呈负相关，但我们有很多东西需要了解这种联系背后的具体机制。我们以来自 Amazon 的 Mechanical Turk 的 1,421 名参与者为样本，使用结构方程模型来探索性激情表达（和谐、强迫、抑制）是否可能介导不安全依恋（焦虑和回避）与性满足之间的关联。焦虑的依恋与较低的和谐性激情、较高的强迫性性激情和较高的抑制性激情有关。依恋回避与较低的和谐性激情和较高的抑制性激情有关。和谐的性激情与更高的性满足密切相关，抑制性激情与性满足（男性）呈负相关。性激情表达变量充分介导了依恋不安全感和性满足之间的关联。这项研究强调，在考虑依恋和性满足之间的联系时，性激情的表达可能很重要。