Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates

The main goal of this study was to investigate the association between sexual satisfaction and mental health, and the combined e ect of two previously found, statistically significant moderators: partner status and sexual abstinence. In-person interviews were conducted with 223 participants (49.327%...

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Authors: Perlman, Daniel, Pérez, Fernando, Hervalejo, Diego, Carcedo González, Rodrigo Jesús, Fernández Rouco, Noelia
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repository:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/155326
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Sexual satisfaction
Sexual abstinence
Partner status
Mental health
Prison inmates
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spelling Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison InmatesPerlman, DanielPérez, FernandoHervalejo, DiegoCarcedo González, Rodrigo JesúsFernández Rouco, NoeliaSexual satisfactionSexual abstinencePartner statusMental healthPrison inmatesThe main goal of this study was to investigate the association between sexual satisfaction and mental health, and the combined e ect of two previously found, statistically significant moderators: partner status and sexual abstinence. In-person interviews were conducted with 223 participants (49.327% males and 50.673% females). The e ect of sexual satisfaction on mental health and the interactions of sexual satisfaction partner status, sexual satisfaction sexual abstinence, and sexual satisfaction partner status sexual abstinence were examined using simple moderation and moderated moderation tests after controlling for a set of sociodemographic, penitentiary, and interpersonal variables. Results revealed a direct relationship between sexual satisfaction and mental health only for the sexually abstinent group. Partner status was not significant as a moderator. It seems that the lack of sexual relationships is more powerful as a moderator than the lack of a romantic relationship. Additionally, the sexually abstinent group showed lower levels of sexual satisfaction in those with a partner outside or inside prison, and lower mental health independently of the current romantic status, than sexually active inmates. These findings point to the importance of sexual satisfaction to mental health in sexual situations of extreme disadvantage.202420242019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/155326reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1553262026-06-07T06:28:51Z
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title Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates
spellingShingle Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates
Perlman, Daniel
Sexual satisfaction
Sexual abstinence
Partner status
Mental health
Prison inmates
title_short Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates
title_full Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates
title_fullStr Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates
title_full_unstemmed Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates
title_sort Sexual Satisfaction and Mental Health in Prison Inmates
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Perlman, Daniel
Pérez, Fernando
Hervalejo, Diego
Carcedo González, Rodrigo Jesús
Fernández Rouco, Noelia
author Perlman, Daniel
author_facet Perlman, Daniel
Pérez, Fernando
Hervalejo, Diego
Carcedo González, Rodrigo Jesús
Fernández Rouco, Noelia
author_role author
author2 Pérez, Fernando
Hervalejo, Diego
Carcedo González, Rodrigo Jesús
Fernández Rouco, Noelia
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sexual satisfaction
Sexual abstinence
Partner status
Mental health
Prison inmates
topic Sexual satisfaction
Sexual abstinence
Partner status
Mental health
Prison inmates
description The main goal of this study was to investigate the association between sexual satisfaction and mental health, and the combined e ect of two previously found, statistically significant moderators: partner status and sexual abstinence. In-person interviews were conducted with 223 participants (49.327% males and 50.673% females). The e ect of sexual satisfaction on mental health and the interactions of sexual satisfaction partner status, sexual satisfaction sexual abstinence, and sexual satisfaction partner status sexual abstinence were examined using simple moderation and moderated moderation tests after controlling for a set of sociodemographic, penitentiary, and interpersonal variables. Results revealed a direct relationship between sexual satisfaction and mental health only for the sexually abstinent group. Partner status was not significant as a moderator. It seems that the lack of sexual relationships is more powerful as a moderator than the lack of a romantic relationship. Additionally, the sexually abstinent group showed lower levels of sexual satisfaction in those with a partner outside or inside prison, and lower mental health independently of the current romantic status, than sexually active inmates. These findings point to the importance of sexual satisfaction to mental health in sexual situations of extreme disadvantage.
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