Tuoreimman tutkimuksen mukaan BDSM-henkilöt ovat tasapainoisempia kuin kontrolliryhmän "tavalliset" henkilöt.
"The results mostly suggest favorable psychological characteristics of BDSM practitioners compared with the control group; BDSM practitioners were less neurotic, more extraverted, more open to new experiences, more conscientious, less rejection sensitive, had higher subjective well-being, yet were less agreeable."