Table 6.

Correlations between the study variables (Study 2)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Sexual satisfaction	–	− .11*†	.37**	− .02	− .09	.15**	− .07	.61**
2. Solitary sexual desire	− .16*	–	.30**	.41**	.74**	.41**	.76**	.08
3. Dyadic sexual desire	− .24**	.54**	–	.31**	.20**	.55**	.22**	.41**
4. Dyadic sexual desire (Other)	–	–	–	–	.28**	.28**	.33**	.07
5. Desired frequency of SSA	− .11	.77**	.34**	–	–	.42**	.78**	.09
6. Desired frequency of PSA	− .24**	.55**	.75**	–	.45**	–	.39**	.49**
7. Actual frequency of SSA	− .08	.74**	.42**	–	.72**	.48**	–	.11*†
8. Actual frequency of PSA	.32**	.20**	.38**	–	.11	.35**	.22**	–

SSA = solitary sexual activities; PSA = partnered sexual activities. Dyadic sexual desire refers to overall dyadic sexual desire for singles and partner-specific desire for partnered individuals. Values below the diagonal indicate correlations among singles and values above the diagonal indicate correlations among partnered individuals

^†Not significant when adjusting for the false discovery rate (Benjamini & Hochberg, 1995)

p* < .05, p** < .01