Table 2.

Reasons to enagage in sex, 17 items of a modified YSEX? questionnaire.

1. Stress reduction: I wanted to release stress, anxiety, tension or to fight boredom

2. Pleasure: I was sexually aroused or wanted to experience physical pleasure

3. Physical desirability: The person was physically attractive

4. Experience seeking: I wanted new sexual experience or to act out a fantasy

5. Resources: I wanted to get resources from that person (such as promotion, money, etc.)

6. Procreation: I wanted to conceive a child

7. Social status: I wanted to enhance my social status or reputation

8. Revenge: I wanted my partner to feel jealous or hurt

9. Utilitarian reasons: I had sex for utilitarian reasons (such as burning calories, hoping to get rid of a headache or keeping warm)

10. Love and commitment: I wanted to feel connected to the person, express my love and commitment

11. Expression: I wanted to have sex in order to express my feelings such as being sorry, thankful, etc.

12. Self-esteem boost: I wanted to boost my self-esteem (such as feeling attractive or powerful)

13. Duty/pressure: I felt obligated or did not know how to say “no”

14. Mate guarding: I wanted to keep my partner from having sex with someone else.

15. Specific sex: “I wanted to have sex which I cannot have with my other partner (such as kink, fetish, anal, etc.)”

16. Another gender: “I wanted to have sex with a person of an opposite gender than my other partner.”

17. Thrill of the forbidden: “I wanted to experience the thrill of doing something forbidden.”