Sexual desire discrepancy: A position statement of the European Society for Sexual Medicine

D Marieke, C Joana, C Giovanni, L Erika… - Sexual …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction There is a lack of theoretical and empirical knowledge on how sexual desire
functions and interacts in a relationship. Aim To present an overview of the current …

Taking stock of the longitudinal study of romantic couple relationships: The last 20 years

AM Galovan, TL Orbuch, MR Shrout… - Personal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Longitudinal dyadic research provides significant benefits for our understanding of romantic
couple relationships. In this systematic review, we begin by providing a broad overview of …

Sex-differentiated changes in sexual desire predict marital dissatisfaction

JK McNulty, JA Maxwell, AL Meltzer… - Archives of Sexual …, 2019 - Springer
Sex is critical to marriage. Yet, there are several reasons to expect spouses to experience
declines in the desire for sex over time, and the rates of any declines in sexual desire may …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of sexuality-related measures

RR Milhausen, JK Sakaluk, TD Fisher, CM Davis… - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This classic and invaluable reference handbook, written for sex researchers and their
students, has now been completely revised in a new, fourth edition. It remains the only easy …

Mobile application for couple relationships: Results of a pilot effectiveness study

O Troitskaya, A Batkhina - Family process, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mobile apps in mental health have seen a significant growth in recent years. Most of them
are aimed at treating depression, anxiety, and stress disorders using cognitive behavioural …

The benefits (and costs) of sexual responsiveness in romantic relationships

A Muise, K Kovacevic, A Shoikhedbrod… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sex is one unique way people can show responsiveness in romantic relationships. Being
and having a sexually responsive partner—who is understanding and motivated to make …

No longer in a dry spell: The develo** understanding of how sex influences romantic relationships

JA Maxwell, JK McNulty - Current Directions in …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Sex is a defining feature of romantic relationships, yet only recently has research into the
implications of sexual processes for such relationships proliferated. We review this work to …

Reciprocity, partner pressure, and emotional labor: Women discuss negotiations around oral and anal sex

B Fahs, E Swank - Sexuality & Culture, 2021 - Springer
Tensions between emotional labor, agency, entitlement, and coercion all underlie women's
ability or inability to negotiate, consent to, and refuse oral and anal sex. In this study, we …

Responsiveness in the face of sexual challenges: the role of sexual growth and destiny beliefs

A Uppot, S Raposo, NO Rosen… - The Journal of Sex …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Implicit––or lay––sexual beliefs have been associated with how people
respond to sexual challenges in romantic relationships. People who endorse s exual destiny …

The detriments of unmet sexual ideals and buffering effect of sexual communal strength.

RN Balzarini, A Muise, K Dobson, T Kohut… - Journal of Personality …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite the importance of sex for the maintenance of satisfying romantic relationships, our
understanding of a person's sexual ideals—the traits and attributes a person desires in a …