Masturbation is Related to Psychopathology and Prostate Dysfunction: Comment on Quinsey (2012)

Implicit and Explicit Sexual Attitudes: How Are They Related to Sexual Desire and Sexual Satisfaction in Men and Women?

“…On one hand, men may desire masturbation to satisfy a sexual need and to feel pleasure. On the other hand, solitary sexuality in men may be related to dissatisfying sexual and individual functioning, as suggested by different authors (e.g., Costa, 2012;Gerressu, Mercer, Graham, Wellings, & Johnson, 2008), and may be used as a coping strategy. It should also be noted that no links were found between solitary sexual desire and implicit attitudes not specifically related to sexuality.…”

“…In the present study, we aimed to explore the association between, on one hand, explicit and implicit attitudes toward sexuality and, on the other hand, sexual satisfaction and sexual desire (we distinguished between the desire to engage in sexual activities with a partner and the desire to masturbate, as they have been shown to have different relationships to psychological and sexual functioning; for a review, see Costa, 2012;Spector, Carey, & Steinberg, 1996) in men and women from the general population. Because past studies had suggested that men and women differed according to sexual attitudes, sexual desire, and sexual satisfaction, we also aimed to explore whether the relation between attitudes and sexual desire and satisfaction varies according to gender.…”

Immature psychological defense mechanisms are associated with women's greater desire for and actual engaging in masturbation

“…Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/termsand-conditions Recent reviews of the empirical literature have concluded that in contrast to the myriad favorable psychological and physical health correlates of penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI), masturbation is associated with indices of poorer physical and psychological health (Brody, 2010b;Costa, 2012), lesser sexual satisfaction (Brody & Costa, 2009b), and poorer intimate relationship quality (Brody & Costa, 2009b;Costa & Brody, 2007). Masturbation has also been found to be associated with greater risk of female sexual dysfunction (Das, Parish, & Laumann, 2009;Gerressu, Mercer, Graham, Wellings, & Johnson, 2008;Lau, Cheng, Wang, & Yang, 2006;Shaeer, Shaeer, & Shaeer, 2012;Weiss & Brody, 2009) and with greater risk of depression (Cyranowski et al, 2004;Frohlich & Meston, 2002).…”

Trajectories of intimate partnerships, sexual attitudes, desire and satisfaction

“…As research results often point out the fact that attitudes toward sexuality are associated to sexual behavior (Lefkowitz et al, 2004;Luquis et al, 2012;Nikken & Graaf, 2013;Weeden & Sabini, 2007), solitary and dyadic sexual desires might be also related to specific sexual attitudes as well as to trajectories of partnerships. For instance, solitary sexual desire and activities are perceived as positive by some individuals, while for others, they are perceived as negative or even shameful sexual activities (Carvalheira & Leal, 2013;Costa, 2012;Davidson & Moore, 1994;Gerressu et al, 2008;Jaspard, 2005;Kaestle & Allen, 2011). Therefore, we expect that individuals who have developed intimate trajectories characterized by numerous partnerships facilitating permissive attitudes toward sexuality have greater solitary and dyadic desires, while those with few partnerships, which supposedly are associated with more conservative attitudes toward sexuality, might have lower solitary and dyadic desires.…”