Feilhauer, Lena (2022) Sexual Creativity: A Blessing for Sexual- and Relationship Satisfaction? Examining the Effect of Creative Sexual Tasks on Monogamous Long-term Relationships. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Sexual satisfaction usually decreases with time in long-term relationships. Several studies found that one way to counteract low sexual satisfaction is to introduce sexual novelty into the bedroom. However, to our knowledge, there is no study showing that sexual creativity in the bedroom leads to higher sexual satisfaction in long-term relationships. Therefore, our study tested the effect of a sexual creativity intervention on sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, sexual desire, sexual communication and sexual boredom. We included participants that were in a heterosexual, monogamous relationship for more than 18 months and between 18 and 60 years (N=230). Participants were randomly assigned to either the control group (n=132) or the intervention group (n= 98). During the course of four weeks, participants in the intervention group were asked to engage in sexually creative tasks with their partner whereas participants in the control group were asked to schedule routine sex. Results show that there are no significant group differences in the outcomes. However, we found support for the idea that length of relationship moderates the effect of sexual creativity on sexual satisfaction, whereas gender does not. In addition, exploratory analyses revealed that, even though not significant, sexual satisfaction increases more in women than in men over the course of the intervention. Thus, future research should further investigate whether sexual creativity does have different effects for men and women. Keywords: sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, sexual creativity, long-term relationships
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Borg, C. and Cox, R.F.A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2022 09:17 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2022 09:17 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1462 |
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