Mindfulness in Sexual Activity, Sexual Satisfaction and Erotic Fantasies in a Non-Clinical Sample
Laura C. Sánchez-Sánchez, María Fernanda Valderrama Rodríguez, José M. García‐Montes, Cristina Petisco, Rubén Fernández García
Preprints.org January 15, 2021 preprint DOI: 10.20944/preprints202101.0298.v1 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractPeople who practice Mindfulness report higher body awareness, sexual satisfaction, sexual activity, and more intimate erotic fantasies compared to those who do not practice Mindfulness. The study compared 106 Spanish-speaking adults (32 men, 72 women) who either practiced Mindfulness or were naïve to it, using online surveys. Mindfulness practitioners scored significantly higher on measures of body awareness, personal and partner-related sexual satisfaction, desire, arousal, orgasm, and intimate fantasy types. The findings suggest Mindfulness may benefit sexuality in both clinical and non-clinical populations.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Cross-sectional comparison |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 106 |
| Population | Spanish-speaking adults (32 men, 72 women) |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Human sexuality Orgasm Fantasy Sexual arousal |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key finding | Mindfulness practitioners scored significantly higher than non-practitioners on body awareness, sexual satisfaction, sexual activity, and intimate erotic fantasies. |
Abstract
The goal of this study is to better understand the relation between the practice of Mindfulness and the sexual activity, sexual satisfaction and erotic fantasies of Spanish-speaking participants. This research focuses on the comparison between people who practice Mindfulness versus naïve people, and explores the practice of Mindfulness and its relation with the following variables about sexuality: body awareness and bodily dissociation, personal sexual satisfaction, partner and relationship-related satisfaction, desire, subjective sexual arousal, genital arousal, orgasm, pain, attitudes towards sexual fantasies and types of sexual fantasies. The sample consisted of 106 selected adults, 32 men and 72 women, who completed six measures on an online survey platform: a) Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), b) Scale of Body Connection (SBC), c) New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NSSS), d) Scale of Sexual Activity in Women (SSA-W) and Men (SSA-M), e) Hurlbert Index of Sexual Fantasy (HISF), f) Wilson's Sex Fantasy Questionnaire. In the MAAS, Body Awareness subscale (SBC), NSSS, SSA-W and SSA-M, HISF and intimate fantasies subscale (Wilson’s questionnaire), people in the Mindfulness condition showed higher scores and these differences were statistically significant. These results may have relevant implications in the sexuality of clinical and non-clinical samples.