Sexual self-disclosure, sexual satisfaction, and relationship quality in homosexual and heterosexual relationships

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je istražiti razlike u razini seksualnog samootkrivanja s obzirom na spol i seksualnu orijentaciju te ispitati odnos između dobi, duljine veze, razine seksualnog samootkrivanja, seksualnog zadovoljstva vezom i kvalitete veze. U istraživanju su sudjelovale 393 punoljetne osobe koje su u romantičnoj vezi barem 6 mjeseci. Za ispitivanje samootkrivanja korištene su dvije skale samootkrivanja: Upitnik seksualnog samootkrivanja (Byers i Demons, 1999) i Skala seksualnog samootkrivanja (Herold i Way, 1988), dok su za ispitivanje seksualnog zadovoljstva i kvalitete veze korištene Nova skala seksualnog zadovoljstva (Štulhofer i Buško, 2008) te Indeks kvalitete braka (Norton, 1983). Rezultati su pokazali kako postoje male, ali značajne razlike u razini seksualnog samootkrivanja s obzirom na rod i vrstu veze: osobe u homoseksualnim vezama i žene više se seksualno samootkrivaju partnerima. Također, seksualno samootkrivanje bilo je značajan i pozitivan prediktor seksualnog zadovoljstva i kvalitete veze. Dodatno, rezultati hijerarhijske regresijske analize pokazali su da postoje mogući medijacijski efekti seksualnog zadovoljstva na povezanost seksualnog samootkrivanja i kvalitete veze.The aim of this study was to determine differences in the level of sexual self-disclosure with respect to gender and sexual orientation and to determine relationship between age, length of relationship sexual self-disclosure, sexual satisfaction and relationship quality. 393 participants who were at least 18 years old and in a romantic relationship for at least 6 months took part in the study. Sexual self-disclosure was assesed using Sexual Self- Dislocure Questionnaire (Byers i Demons, 1999) and Sexual Self-Disclosure Scale (Herold i Way, 1988). New Scale of Sexual Satisfaction (Štulhofer i Buško, 2008) was used to asses sexual satifaction, and relationship quality was assesed using Quality of Marriage Index (Norton, 1983). Results have shown small, but significant differences with respect to both gender and relationship type: higher level of sexual self-disclosure was found in women and persons in homosexual relationships. Sexual self-disclosure was a significant positive predictor of sexual satisfaction and relationship quality. Additionaly, hierarchical regression analysis showed that sexual satifsaction could act as a potential mediator between sexual self-disclosure and relationship quality