| Title |
Masturbation and Partnered Sex: Substitutes or Complements?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-017-0975-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mark Regnerus, Joseph Price, David Gordon |
| Abstract |
Drawing upon a large, recent probability sample of American adults ages 18-60 (7648 men and 8090 women), we explored the association between sexual frequency and masturbation, evaluating the evidence for whether masturbation compensates for unavailable sex, complements (or augments) existing paired sexual activity, or bears little association with it. We found evidence supporting a compensatory relationship between masturbation and sexual frequency for men, and a complementary one among women, but each association was both modest and contingent on how content participants were with their self-reported frequency of sex. Among men and women, both partnered status and their sexual contentment were more obvious predictors of masturbation than was recent frequency of sex. We conclude that both hypotheses as commonly evaluated suffer from failing to account for the pivotal role of subjective sexual contentment in predicting masturbation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 24% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3 | 5% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Nepal | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Russia | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 54 | 87% |
| Scientists | 5 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 91 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Researcher | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 15% |
| Unknown | 28 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 28 | 30% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 31 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
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