Abstract

The use of subtle strategies to have sex with an unwilling partner is harmful to a couple’s sexual well-being but these strategies remain understudied. This research examined the mediating role of communication patterns in the associations between attachment insecurities and sustained sexual coercion in 145 same- and cross-gender couples, and the moderating role of partners’ gender. In addition to actor and partner effects, results revealed significant indirect effects from attachment insecurities to sexual coercion via communication patterns, with moderating effects of gender. Results may help practitioners and researchers understand the ways attachment insecurities and dysfunctional communication patterns can manifest in the experience of subtle forms of sexual coercion within couples.

摘要

使用微妙的策略与不情愿的伴侣发生性关系对夫妻的性福祉有害，但这些策略仍未得到充分研究。这项研究检验了沟通模式在 145 对同性和跨性别夫妇的依恋不安全感和持续性强迫之间的关联中的中介作用，以及伴侣性别的调节作用。除了演员和伴侣的影响外，结果还揭示了依恋不安全感对通过沟通模式进行的性胁迫的显着间接影响，以及性别的调节作用。结果可能有助于从业者和研究人员了解依恋不安全感和功能失调的沟通模式在夫妻内部微妙形式的性强迫体验中表现出来的方式。