Living Situation

Living with flatmates was inversely associated with low resilience compared with living alone (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.4–0.9). Living situation mattered more for men's sexual functioning than women's. Among men, roommate presence differentiated overall sexual life quality, desire or interest, and pleasure. Roommate presence explained more of the overall sexual disturbance pattern in men than in women. The article distinguishes living alone from loneliness or social isolation, noting that living situation and perceived social support did not have identical associations with resilience. Among women, roommate status significantly differentiated only arousal. Living with parents did not show a protective association with resilience; its odds ratio was 1.1 (95% CI 0.9–1.4), close to null. Although not statistically significant, living with parents tended toward lower resilience rather than toward protection.