DESEO Y EXCITACIÓN SEXUAL EN RELACIÓN CON LA ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA EN JÓVENES ADULTOS

Abstract

Sexual desire is a state of motivation that can induce to participate in sexual activity. Physical activity is related to the well-being in both social and sexual relationships. The aim of this study was to analyze sexual desire in relation to physical activity and its impact on sexual excitation and inhibition in a population of young adults. The total sample consisted of 485 participants (327 women and 158 men), aged between 18 and 35 years. This study required the fulfillment of a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Sexual Desire Inventory (dyadic and solitary), the Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Sexual Inhibition and Sexual Excitation Scales (SES-SIS). The main results showed that there is a relationship between desire and physical activity with excitement and sexual inhibition, concluding that medium and high activity levels contribute positively in people's sexual behavior. Future research could propose exercise as an intervention in problems of desire.