ABSTRACT

This national web-population study from Norway (N = 4,148) assessed 1) the prevalence of BDSM and role-play interests and behaviors, 2) the socio-demographic characteristics of the BDSM-oriented participants, and 3) the associations between a) BDSM and b) role-play interests and behaviors, and sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and relationship closeness. Over one in three study participants endorsed at least one BDSM interest or behavior variable. There were no gender nor educational level differences between the BDSM-oriented participants and their traditional “vanilla” (non-BDSM-oriented) counterparts, though BDSM and interests were more common among younger and self-identified LGBQ+ participants. Sexual satisfaction was positively associated with role-play and BDSM behaviors while interest in role-play (but not having previously engaged in it) was negatively associated with this outcome. Lower relationship closeness was associated with an interest in role-play (but not having tried it). No BDSM-related variables were significantly associated with relationship closeness. The findings suggest that BDSM interests and behaviors are relatively common and are linked with sexual and relationship satisfaction.

摘要

这项来自挪威的全国网络人口研究（N= 4,148) 评估 1) BDSM 的流行和角色扮演兴趣和行为，2) BDSM 导向参与者的社会人口特征，以及 3) a) BDSM 和 b) 角色扮演兴趣和行为之间的关联，以及性满意度、关系满意度和关系亲密度。超过三分之一的研究参与者认可至少一个 BDSM 兴趣或行为变量。以 BDSM 为导向的参与者与其传统的“普通”（非 BDSM 导向）参与者之间没有性别或教育水平差异，尽管 BDSM 和兴趣在年轻和自我认同的 LGBQ+ 参与者中更为常见。性满意度与角色扮演和 BDSM 行为呈正相关，而对角色扮演的兴趣（但以前没有参与过）与这一结果呈负相关。较低的关系亲密与对角色扮演的兴趣相关（但没有尝试过）。没有 BDSM 相关变量与关系密切度显着相关。研究结果表明，BDSM 的兴趣和行为相对普遍，并且与性和关系满意度有关。