Men’s sexual distress: the role of body image and vulnerable narcissistic traits

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Table 1. Descriptive statistics: socio-demographic characteristics of the sample.

Variable
Education level (N – %)	Lower than high school	9–4.2%
	High school diploma	103–48.6%
	University degree	76–35.8%
	Post-graduate education	24–11.3%
Marital status	Single	166–79%
	Married	35–16.7%
	Separated/divorced	9–4.5%
Relationship status	Single	67–31.6%
	Cohabiting couple	71–33.5%
	Non-cohabiting couple	74–34.9%
Sexual attraction	Exclusively to women	182–85.8 %
	Primarily to women, occasionally to men	8–3.8%
	Primarily to women, regularly to men	2–0.9%
	Equally to both genders	1–0.5%
	Primarily to men, regularly to women	2–0.9%
	Primarily to men occasionally to women	6–2.8%
	Exclusively to men	11–5.2%
	Neither men nor women	0–0%
Sexual identity	Heterosexual	188–88.7%
	Bisexual	7–3.3%
	Homosexual	15–7.1%
	Other	3–0.5%

Table 2. Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlations between body image self-consciousness, sexual perfectionism, narcissistic traits, sexual distress and age.

Variable	M	DS	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Body image self-consciousness (BISC)	1.70	.76	1
2. Sexual perfectionism (MSPQ)	2.53	.95	.19**	1
3. Grandiose narcissism	3.53	.65	.22**	.28**	1
4. Vulnerable narcissism	3.08	.68	.48**	.31**	.64**	1
5. Sexual distress (SCS-M)	10.28	3.51	.30**	.05	.25**	.38**	1
6. Age	30.37	7.77	−.09	.03	−.31**	−.18**	.08	1

^* p < .05; ^**p < .01; ^***p < .001.

Table 3. Results from stepwise regression analysis.

		Model 1			Model 2
DV	IV	β	SE	t	β	SE	t
Sexual distress (SCS-M)	Body image self-consciousness (BISC)	.30	.31	4.45***	.16	.34	2.18*
	Sexual perfectionism (MSPQ)	−.004	.25	−.06	−.08	.25	−1.21
	Grandiose narcissism				.04	.45	.43
	Vulnerable narcissism				.30	.48	3.24***

DV = dependent variable; IV = independent variable; ^*p < .05; ^**p < .01; ^***p < .001.