Academic Abstract Stronger theory on the nature of human well-being is needed, especially
as well-being indicators are increasingly utilized in policy contexts. Building on Erik Allardt …

Until recently, research on sexual health was considered a valid sphere of public health
insofar as it was able to address unwanted outcomes such as a sexually transmitted …

Objective: Various sources of evidence suggest that men and women differ in their
experience of sexual pleasure. Such gender differences have been attributed to men's …

Social support is defined as the perceived or actual receipt of social resources (eg, tangible,
emotional) and is one of the most reliable predictors of disease morbidity and mortality. In …

Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical
psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of …

We examined the interplay between husbands' and wives' positive and negative nonsexual
interpersonal behaviors, frequency of sexual intercourse, sexual satisfaction, and feelings of …

Objective Sexual activity is a fundamental human function with short-term and long-term
emotional, social, and physical benefits. Yet within healthcare, sexuality has been …

In this article, I propose a sex-positive framework for research on adolescent sexuality in
which I consider consensual sexual activities in adolescence as developmentally normative …

Our intention in writing this chapter is to discuss where psychology is in the study of sexuality
and romantic relationships and to offer our thoughts about where it has yet to go. Because …

Although some evidence exists to suggest that single (ie, unpartnered) individuals are less
sexually satisfied on average than are partnered individuals, it is unclear whether the …