Abstract

Objectives

Sexual health includes the state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality. Masturbation is an important sexual activity with many potential benefits which has gained considerable interest in sexuality research in the past twenty years; however, this research is the first of its kind within the Aotearoa/New Zealand context. In this in-depth investigation, we examined frequencies of, reasons for, and activities during masturbation as well as the relationship between masturbation and other factors.

Methods

Participants were 698 New Zealand women at least 18 years of age participating in a 42-item anonymous online survey collecting comprehensive information about sexual practices and related factors.

Results

The results indicated that female masturbation has high prevalence in the New Zealand population.

Conclusion

The pattern of results enabled us to identify the positive effects of masturbation, masturbation practices commonly used by New Zealand women and the differences between New Zealand women who masturbate frequently and less frequently.

中文翻译：

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新西兰/新西兰的女性性行为：与手淫相关的因素和性反应

 抽象的

 目标

性健康包括与性相关的身体、情感、心理和社会福祉状态。自慰是一种重要的性活动，具有许多潜在的好处，在过去的二十年里引起了性研究的极大兴趣；然而，这项研究在新西兰/新西兰范围内尚属首次。在这项深入调查中，我们研究了手淫的频率、原因、手淫期间的活动以及手淫与其他因素之间的关系。

 方法

参与者是 698 名年满 18 岁的新西兰女性，参与了一项包含 42 项匿名在线调查的调查，收集有关性行为和相关因素的全面信息。

 结果

结果表明，新西兰人口中女性手淫的流行率很高。

 结论

结果模式使我们能够确定手淫的积极影响、新西兰女性常用的手淫做法以及频繁和不频繁手淫的新西兰女性之间的差异。