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The Relation Between Mood and Sexuality in Heterosexual Men

Bancroft, John, Janssen, Erick, Strong, David, Carnes, Lori, Vukadinovic, Zoran, Long, J. Scott·2003·Archives of Sexual Behavior
DOI 10.1023/a:1023409516739
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This paper reports on a study of individual variability in the relationship between negative mood and sexuality in men. Part 1 involves a questionnaire survey of 919 white heterosexual men, asking what typically happens to sexual interest and response when (a) depressed and (b) anxious/stressed, using the Mood and Sexuality Questionnaire (MSQ). Trait measures of sexual inhibition and excitation, depression, anxiety, and sensation seeking were also used. Relationships between trait measures and MSQ scores were tested using multiple linear and ordinal logistic regression. Of those reporting the experience of depression, 9.4% indicated increased and 42% decreased sexual interest when depressed; for anxiety/stress, the percentages were 20.6 and 28.3%, respectively. Increase in sexual interest during negative mood states was negatively related to age and trait measures of sexual inhibition and positively related to depression proneness and sexual excitation. In Part 2, the relationship between mood and sexuality was explored qualitatively, using in-depth interviews with 43 participants from Part 1. This supported the findings in Part 1, while finding more complex relations with depression than anxiety. Sex when depressed can serve needs for intimacy and self-validation as well as sexual pleasure. Sex when anxious appears to be more simply related to the calming effect of sexual release, plus a possible "excitation transfer" effect of anxious arousal. Further research is needed to…

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  • Solitary sexuality may involve motivations other than sexual such as coping with negative emotions and/or sexual frustration, explaining its link with low sexual satisfaction.

    “On the other hand, solitary sexuality may also involve motivations other than sexual such as coping with negative emotions and/or sexual frustration, explaining its link with low sexual satisfaction (e.g., Bancroft et al., 2003).”

    From Psychological Factors Involved in Sexual Desire, Sexual Activity, and Sexual Satisfaction: A Multi-factorial Perspective. (2016) · cites this paper as Bancroft et al., 2003

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Authors
Bancroft, J., Janssen, E., Strong, D., Carnes, L., Vukadinovic, Z., & Long, J. S.
Affiliations
Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author
Bancroft, John
ORCID
Janssen, Erick
Venue
Archives of Sexual Behavior
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2003-06
Volume
32
Issue
3
Pages
217-230
ISSN
  • 0004-0002 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2800
DOI
10.1023/a:1023409516739
OpenAlex
W1604195583
Semantic Scholar
f661bb588d2d3ea9da1d7e14e660423c125b6625
Cited by
285
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 18
FWCI
5.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh060519-02)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH60519-02)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
heterosexual men, depression, anxiety, stress, sexual interest, sexual inhibition, sexual excitation, sensation seeking, interindividual variability, intimacy, self-validation, excitation energy transfer, sexual behavior
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anxiety, Depression, Humans, Erectile Dysfunction, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Linear Models, Heterosexuality, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological

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