Sexual satisfaction among Slovenian population

Starc, Andrej (author), Sladojević, Slađana (author), Gošnak Dahmane, Raja (author)

The aim of the study was to determine sexual satisfaction in the Slovenian population using a newly modified questionnaire. The study was conducted by online survey and included 474 adults of both sexes. The analysis showed that previous experience with more sexual partners (F=2.990; p=0.007), a higher number of monthly intercourse and orgasms before (F=19.405, p= 0.001) and during sexual intercourse (F=15.277; p=0.001), were associated with better sexual satisfaction. The same was observed for the number of orgasms per month and mood before (F=14.252; p=0.001), mood during (F=28.758; p=0.001), partner’s mood during intercourse (F=9.321; p=0.001), balance during sexual contact/activity (F=9.742; p=0.001), and mood after sexual activity (F=11.396; p=0.001). In our study, participants without children were the most satisfied with their sex lives, followed by participants with only one or two children. There were statistically significant correlations between participants who had no children and mood before, during, and after sexual intercourse, partner mood during and after sexual intercourse (both p=0.001), and mood after sexual activity (p=0.013). Younger age from 21 to 30 years was significantly associated with mood before, during and after sexual intercourse (p=0.001 for each). Accordingly, for older participants, the quality - rather than quantity - of sexual encounters was a more important predictor of higher sexual satisfaction. In our study, we did not specifically measure quality per se, but attempted to estimate quality based on pleasure, number of sexual encounters, and orgasms. This could be the reason why younger participants experience better sexual satisfaction than participants in older age groups. By measuring sexual satisfaction using mood pillow ratings, the questionnaire is a suitable tool for further evaluation and for a larger sample to obtain additional data on factors that might influence sexual satisfaction.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sexuality, sexual intercourse, sexual satisfaction, sexual interaction, sexual response
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: ZF - Faculty of Health Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 32355-32363
• Numbering: Vol. 30, iss. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-165846
• UDC: 613.88/.89
• ISSN on article: 2574-1241
• DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2021.40.006466
• COBISS.SI-ID: 218724611
• Publication date in RUL: 12.12.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Biomedical journal of scientific & technical research
• Shortened title: Biomed. j. sci. technol. res.
• Publisher: Biomedical Research Network
• ISSN: 2574-1241
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4477868

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P3-0388-2022
• Name: Mehanizmi varovanja zdravja