The relationship of sexual daydreaming to sexual activity, sexual drive, and sexual attitudes for women across the life-span
Purifoy, F.E.; Grodsky, A.; Giambra, L.M.
Archives of Sexual Behavior 21(4): 369-385
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0002 PMID: 1497475 DOI: 10.1007/bf01542026Document Number: 447615
The association among sexual daydreaming and sexual attitudes and activity was examined in a cross-sectional life-span sample of women (N = 117, 26 to 78 years). Sexual daydreaming was measured using the Imaginal Processes Inventory (IPI) while sexual history measures of sexual activity, sexual drive, and sexual attitudes were derived from a comprehensive personal interview. A factor analysis and varimax rotation of the sexual history variables, age, and the Sexual Daydream Scale of the IPI revealed three primary factors representing dimensions of sexual activity and drive, attitudes toward sexual activity, and sexual satisfaction. Age was associated with less sexual daydreaming, less sexual drive, less sexual activity, and more negative sexual attitudes. Sexual daydreaming varied directly with sexual drive and sexual activity and with a positive sexual attitude.
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