Motives for security and sexual activity among single individuals at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 2.4 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Psychology & Sexuality Pub Date : 2022-07-11 DOI:10.1080/19419899.2022.2100716
David L. Rodrigues, R. Balzarini, Giulia Zoppolat, R. Slatcher
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Amidst a global pandemic, survival needs become salient and the ability of individuals to regulate feelings and actions might be particularly relevant to protecting themselves from harm. Drawing from Regulatory Focus Theory individuals who are more focused on prevention are also more likely to enact health-protective behaviours, including sexual health behaviours, because they are more aware of threats. Extending this reasoning to the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a pre-registered longitudinal study with 174 individuals from 23 countries (M age = 30.66, SD = 11.81; 77.6% women), to examine the role of regulatory focus in predicting the sexual activity of single individuals. We assessed demographic information, regulatory focus, and personality traits at baseline (T1), perceived threats two weeks later (T2), and sexual activity indicators two weeks later (T3). As hypothesised, results showed that single individuals who reported a greater focus on prevention at the onset of the pandemic perceived more pandemic-related threats and, in turn, reported less frequent sexual activity. These effects were consistent even when controlling for promotion (i.e. pleasure motives), personality, geographic location, local social distancing policies, gender, and sexual orientation. Findings are discussed considering their implications for the sexual functioning and sexual health of single individuals.
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2019冠状病毒病大流行开始时单身人士的安全和性活动动机
在全球性流行病中,生存需求变得突出,个体调节情感和行为的能力可能与保护自己免受伤害特别相关。根据管理焦点理论,更注重预防的个人也更有可能制定保护健康的行为,包括性健康行为,因为他们更了解威胁。将这一推理扩展到COVID-19大流行,我们对来自23个国家的174人进行了一项预注册的纵向研究(M年龄= 30.66,SD = 11.81;77.6%女性),以检验监管焦点在预测单身个体性活动方面的作用。我们在基线(T1)、两周后的感知威胁(T2)和两周后的性活动指标(T3)评估了人口统计信息、监管重点和人格特征。正如假设的那样,结果表明,在大流行开始时报告更注重预防的单身人士感受到更多与大流行相关的威胁,反过来报告的性活动频率也更低。即使在控制晋升(即快乐动机)、个性、地理位置、当地社会距离政策、性别和性取向的情况下,这些影响也是一致的。研究结果讨论考虑他们的意义性功能和性健康的单个人。
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Psychology & Sexuality
Psychology & Sexuality PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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