2001/02/01 by Thomas Hicks, Harold Leitenberg · 4 citations
Psychology · Medicine · Mathematics · #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Sexual function and dysfunction studies #Psychology #Demography #Cheating #Incidence (geometry) #Socioeconomic status #Sexual relationship #Sexual behavior #Developmental psychology #Clinical psychology #Social psychology #Human sexuality #Population #Gender studies #Mathematics #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1080/00224490109552069
openalex publication_date 2001/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Gender differences in the proportion of sexual fantasies involving someone other than a current partner (extradyadic fantasies) were explored using an anonymous questionnaire administered to 349 university students and employees (ages 18 to 70) who reported that they were currently in heterosexual relationships. Eighty‐seven percent of the sample (98% of men and 80% of women) reported having extradyadic fantasies in the past 2 months. A hierarchical regression analysis revealed that, compared to women, a larger percentage of men's sexual fantasies were extradyadic even after controlling for the effects of relationship length, number of prior sex partners, any prior incidents of actual extradyadic sexual behavior or “cheating” on the current partner, and socioeconomic status. In addition, it was found that the proportion of extradyadic fantasies increased as a function of relationship length for both genders, while prior incidents of extradyadic sexual behavior and a larger number of prior partners were associated with a higher proportion of extradyadic fantasies for women only.