ABSTRACT

We used a mixed-method design to examine the attributions women in mixed-gender/sex relationships make for their partner’s perceived pornography use and whether such attributions covary with women’s relationship and sexual satisfaction. A final sample of 199 women completed measures of relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and their perceptions of partner’s pornography use. Participants also completed three open-ended questions assessing their attributions of their partner’s perceived pornography use. Qualitative analyses revealed 11 themes in women’s attributions of their partner’s perceived pornography use; some of the themes reflected on women themselves (e.g., being open-minded and accepting), whereas other themes reflected on the partner (e.g., partner is sexually bored) or the relationship (e.g., strong and trusting relationship). Furthermore, the women made positive, negative, and neutral attributions. Quantitative analyses showed that positive attributions were significantly more frequent than neutral or negative attributions and the latter two categories did not differ significantly from each other. Also, greater frequency of positive and neutral attributions and lower frequency of negative attributions were associated with higher relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction. Our results suggest that women make a range of attributions about their partner’s pornography use and that this variation relates meaningfully to indices of relationship functioning.

摘要

我们使用混合方法设计来检查女性在混合性别/性关系中对其伴侣感知的色情使用的归因，以及此类归因是否与女性的关系和性满意度相关。199 名女性的最终样本完成了关系满意度、性满意度以及她们对伴侣色情使用的看法的测量。参与者还完成了三个开放式问题，以评估他们对伴侣感知色情使用的归因。定性分析揭示了女性对其伴侣感知色情使用的归因中的 11 个主题；一些主题反映在女性本身（例如，思想开放和接受），而其他主题反映在伴侣（例如，伴侣性无聊）或关系（例如，牢固和信任的关系）上。此外，女性做出了积极、消极和中性的归因。定量分析表明，积极归因显着高于中性或消极归因，后两类之间没有显着差异。此外，积极和中性归因的频率越高，消极归因的频率越低，与更高的关系满意度和性满意度相关。我们的研究结果表明，女性对其伴侣的色情使用做出了一系列归因，并且这种变化与关系功能指数有意义地相关。定量分析表明，积极归因显着高于中性或消极归因，后两类之间没有显着差异。此外，积极和中性归因的频率越高，消极归因的频率越低，与更高的关系满意度和性满意度相关。我们的研究结果表明，女性对其伴侣的色情使用做出了一系列归因，并且这种变化与关系功能指数有意义地相关。定量分析表明，积极归因显着高于中性或消极归因，后两类之间没有显着差异。此外，积极和中性归因的频率越高，消极归因的频率越低，与更高的关系满意度和性满意度相关。我们的研究结果表明，女性对其伴侣的色情使用做出了一系列归因，并且这种变化与关系功能指数有意义地相关。