Exploring the associations among relationship-related attitudes, affection deprivation, and faking orgasm among heterosexual women in the United States

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-02-12 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113079

Amanda Denes , Thana Suppiah , Margaret Bennett-Brown , Amanda N. Gesselman

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Abstract

The present study explored the associations among relationship-related (RR) attitudes, feeling deprived of affectionate touch, and the frequency of faking orgasm among a sample of 723 heterosexual women in the United States (M_age = 39.63, 60.9% White) who were single at the time of survey completion. Contrary to the study hypotheses, the results revealed that RR attitudes (i.e., interest in seeking a committed relationship, preference for sex in a committed relationship, and readiness for a relationship) were not associated with a greater frequency of faking orgasm, and feeling deprived of affection did not moderate these associations. Further, a greater preference for sex within a committed romantic relationship was associated with faking orgasm less frequently, contrary to what was predicted. Post hoc analyses revealed that feeling deprived of affectionate touch was associated with more frequently faking orgasm. Additionally, among a restricted sample of women who had been single for the prior year, no significant associations emerged between RR attitudes and faking orgasm. The findings provide support for aspects of affection exchange theory and suggest that affection deprivation may be a more meaningful predictor of heterosexual women's tendencies to fake orgasm than their RR attitudes.

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.