E Sandra Byers
Biographic Data
| ID | 115735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Sandra Byers |
| GIVEN NAMES | E Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Byers |
| SIGNATURE | BYERS E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6511-6712 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 80 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 928 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 80 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 16 |
Stigma of Suicide’s Effects on Gatekeeping Behaviors Among Families in Mexico
Too Little Too Late: Perceptions of Sexual Health Education in Spain
Introduction: Despite the importance of school-based sexual health education (SHE) for enhancing sexual health outcomes, little is known about the SHE youth receive in Spain. Objective: The goal of this research was to shed light on the experience of SHE of Spanish adults. Method: Participants were 524 Spaniards (73% women, 27% men) between 18 to 70 years of age (M = 35.29, SD = 11.68) who completed an on-line survey. This survey collected inform…
Retracted Article: Men’s Perceptions of Female Genitals
Objectives: Little is known about the attitudes toward female genitals of men who are attracted to women. This is an important omission because these attitudes may influence men's own sexual experiences; they may also influence the genital self-image of their female partners if these views are knowingly or unknowingly communicated. Therefore, we examined men's views of women's genitals both globally and with respect to specific aspects. Method: P…
Congruence and discrepancies in mothers’ and adolescents’ reports of the extent of sexual communication
Researchers have found that, on average, parents report more frequent parent-adolescent sexual communication than do their adolescents, but they have not considered that this informant discrepancy in perceptions likely does not occur in all families. We examined the proportion of mother-adolescent dyads who showed three patterns of congruence and discrepancy in the extent of sexual communication: Mother > Adolescent, Mother = Adolescent, and Adol…
How Do Mothers Prepare for Sexual Health Discussions with their Young Adolescents
Many mothers do not communicate with their adolescent about sexual health topics due to perceived barriers. Our goal in this study was to shed light on the activities mothers engage in to prepare for sexual health discussions with their young adolescents. We also examined the extent to which mothers’ past sexual communication behaviour and intentions were associated with engaging in these activities and perceptions of their helpfulness. Participa…
Key Themes in Community Participants’ Definitions of Sexual Consent and Their Association with Sexual Consent Attitudes and Behaviours
Sexual exchanges explain the association between attachment insecurities and sexual satisfaction in long-term couples
Although attachment insecurity has been linked to sexual dissatisfaction in cross-sectional research, little is known about the mechanisms by which attachment is associated with sexual satisfaction over time. This study examined the role of attachment insecurities in sexual satisfaction over time using the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS) as a theoretical framework. Participants were 151 Canadian mixed-gender couples in…
Sexual satisfaction of older adults: Testing the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction in the ageing population
Having a satisfying sex life is important to older adults. Thus, this study aimed to provide information about the sexual satisfaction of older adults in a relationship, using the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS) as a theoretical framework. Participants were 187 sexually active individuals (98 men and 89 women) in a romantic relationship (age 65–75 years). They were recruited using Amazon's Mechanical-Turk, and complete…
Toward an Integrative Model of Intimacy, Sexual Satisfaction, and Relationship Satisfaction: A Prospective Study in Long-Term Couples
Sexual and relationship well-being are strongly intertwined in couple relationships. However, relationship quality is generally examined through relationship satisfaction only, neglecting the importance of sexual satisfaction as an aspect of relationship quality for many couples. Moreover, considering the role of interpersonal processes, such as intimacy, in relationship quality seems essential to better understand couples' optimal functioning. A…
A Validation Study of the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction in Sexually Active Adolescents
Positive views of adolescents' sexuality have only begun to garner interest in the last two decades. Despite great strides in this emerging area, progress is limited by the paucity of valid and reliable measures among this population. The goal of this study was to validate the widely used adult five-item Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX) in a large sample of sexually active adolescents. A total of 1,036 adolescents (516 girls, 49.8%) …
Perceived barriers and rewards to sexual consent communication: A qualitative analysis
Increasingly, affirmative consent - direct, unambiguous and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity ( Craig & McKinley, 2015 ) - is the standard being adopted by educational institutions in North America ( Bennett, 2016 ). Yet, studies show that most individuals continue to communicate consent through nonresistance ( Jozkowski et al., 2014a ). Given this discrepancy, it is critical to understand what factors prevent individuals from enga…
An Experimental Investigation of Variations in Judgments of Hypothetical Males and Females Initiating Mixed-Gender Threesomes: An Application of Sexual Script Theory
Young Adults’ Qualitative Self-Reports of Their Outcomes of Online Sexual Activities
Online sexual activities (OSA) refer to Internet-based activities, behaviours, and materials that are sexual in nature. Many young adults engage in OSA, but report doing so infrequently. Most OSA outcome research has focused on negative effects of only some types of OSA (e.g., viewing pornography online). The goal of this study was to enhance knowledge on the range of OSA outcomes by qualitatively exploring young adults’ self-reported negative an…
Individual and Relationship Predictors of Trajectories of Sexual Function across Adolescent and Young Adult Relationships
Many young adults report poor sexual function, but research typically fails to consider relationship context and how problems might evolve over time. Research is needed to provide insights into how sexual problems are experienced across relationships, as well as the types of sexual function problems associated with various trajectories. We investigated retrospective trajectories of sexual problems across the multiple relationships of 688 young ad…
Development and Initial Validation of the Attitudes Towards Older Adult Sexuality in Long-term Care Scale (AOASLC)
In long-term care facilities where older adults may reside, negative attitudes about later life sexuality can result in restrictive facility policies and staff behaviors that suppress residents' rights to sexual expression. No assessment instrument specifically focuses on the sexual behaviors of long-term care residents and existing measures of attitudes toward older adult sexuality do not include sexual expression in long term care, nor do they …
Beyond the Label: Asexual Identity Among Individuals on the High-Functioning Autism Spectrum
Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication in India: Responses of Middle Class Parents
Parents are an important source of sexual health information for adolescents, and quality parent–adolescent sexual communication has been linked to positive sexual health outcomes. We sought to enhance the limited information about parent–adolescent sexual communication in India. The participants were 78 mothers and 91 fathers of adolescents ages 12–19 years. Both mothers and fathers reported limited past sexual communication, on average having t…
Young adolescents’ responsiveness to sexual communication with their mother: Distinguishing diverse intentions
INTRODUCTION: It is unlikely that parents can have effective sexuality discussions with their adolescent if the adolescent is not responsive to their efforts. We evaluated young adolescents' intentions of being responsive to sexual communication with their mother and whether youths who were likely, ambivalent, or unlikely to be responsive differed on their characteristics, features of previous sexual communication, and features of the mother-adol…
A Dyadic Longitudinal Study of Child Maltreatment and Sexual Well-Being in Adult Couples: The Buffering Effect of a Satisfying Relationship
This study examined the contribution of child maltreatment (CM) to trajectories of couples' sexual well-being, and whether relationship satisfaction moderates these associations. Using a sample of 269 mixed-sex couples followed over one year, dyadic latent growth curve models showed both actor and partner effects. In terms of actor effects, women's emotional neglect was associated with lower initial levels of sexual satisfaction, and most types o…
A Mixed-Method Analysis of Women’s Attributions about Their Partner’s Pornography Use
We used a mixed-method design to examine the attributions women in mixed-gender/sex relationships make for their partner's perceived pornography use and whether such attributions covary with women's relationship and sexual satisfaction. A final sample of 199 women completed measures of relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and their perceptions of partner's pornography use. Participants also completed three open-ended questions assessin…
Sexual and reproductive health education attitudes and experience in India: How much support is there for comprehensive sex education? Findings from an Internet survey
This study assessed the extent to which an Internet-recruited sample of residents of India was supportive of the provision of comprehensive sexual education in school in a country where youth sexual health is poor. We sought to determine whether attitudes differed for those of varying demographic backgrounds (age, sex, education level, religion), the extent of support for comprehensive coverage, the school or age levels deemed appropriate for del…
An Exploration of Psychosocial Factors Associated with Female Genital Self-Image
Factors Influencing Cisgender Individuals’ Interest in Experiencing Being the Other Sex
Figuring It Out: How Late Adolescent and Young Adult Men and Women Perceive and Address Problems in Sexual Functioning
Although there are high rates of sexual problems and sexual dysfunction in adulthood (Mitchell et al., 2013), little is known about the circumstances under which problems are first experienced. A growing body of research addresses prevalence of problems in sexual functioning among adolescents and young adults, yet little is known about the meanings that young people give to these experiences or how they deal with them. We used content analysis of…
Predicting Mother-Adolescent Sexual Communication Using the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction
Guided by the integrative model of behavioral prediction, we examined factors associated with more extensive mother-adolescent sexual communication. Participants were 303 mothers of young adolescents who completed a survey assessing their skills, attitudes about the outcomes of sexual health discussions, perceptions of social norms, self-efficacy, and sexual communication intentions at baseline (Time 1) and the extent of their sexual communicatio…
Relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction: A longitudinal study of individuals in long‐term relationships
This study examined the association between relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction over time to provide evidence about possible causal explanations for the association between two variables. Eighty-seven individuals in long-term relationships completed measures of sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction at 2 times 18 months apart. There was only limited evidence, based on exploratory analysis, to support either the hypothesis…
Sexual satisfaction and sexual self‐disclosure within dating relationships
This study examined dating individuals' self‐disclosure about their sexual likes and dislikes to their partner. Forty‐seven college men and 52 college women in a dating relationship of 3 to 36 months completed a questionnaire measuring sexual exchange variables, sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, sexual communication satisfaction, and sexual and non‐sexual self‐disclosure with their partner. Both sexual and nonsexual self‐disclosure …
Dyadic assessment of sexual self-disclosure and sexual satisfaction in heterosexual dating couples
We examined two proposed pathways between sexual self-disclosure and sexual satisfaction. According to the proposed expressive pathway, reciprocal sexual self-disclosure contributes to relationship satisfaction, which in turn leads to greater sexual satisfaction. According to the instrumental pathway, own sexual self-disclosure leads to greater partner understanding of sexual likes and dislikes, which in turn leads to a more favorable balance of …
College students’ incorporation of initiator and restrictor roles in sexual dating interactions
According to the traditional sexual script, men are the initiators and women the restrictors of sexual activities (McCormick, Brannigan, & LaPlante, 1984). While recent attitudes have shifted toward a more egalitarian standard (DeLamater & MacCorquodale, 1979) and sexual experiences are becoming more permissive (Finlay, Starnes, & Alvarez, 1985), it is not known whether this has resulted in changes in sexual scripts. Therefore, 50 men and 55 wome…
Role of Sexual Self-Disclosure in the Sexual Satisfaction of Long-Term Heterosexual Couples
This study examined two proposed pathways between sexual self-disclosure (SSD) and sexual satisfaction in a sample of 104 heterosexual couples in long-term relationships. According to the proposed instrumental pathway, disclosure of sexual preferences increases a partner's understanding of those preferences resulting in a sexual script that is more rewarding and less costly. A more favorable balance of sexual rewards to sexual costs, in turn, res…
Predicting initiations and refusals of sexual activities in married and cohabiting heterosexual couples
Twenty‐two men and 55 women used a self‐monitoring procedure to keep an ongoing record of three aspects of sexual frequency in marital and cohabiting relationships: sexual initiations, responses to these initiations, and considering initiating but not doing so. In addition, respondents provided descriptive information on one negative and one positive response situation. Two of the goals of the study were to determine whether one or more of these …
Sexual Satisfaction within Dating Relationships: A Test of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction
This study extended the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS) to short-term dating relationships. The IEMSS has been shown to have excellent validity for long-term heterosexual relationships. The IEMSS proposes that sexual satisfaction is greater to the extent that, over time, relationship satisfaction is high, levels of sexual rewards exceed levels of sexual costs, relative sexual reward levels exceed relative sexual cost l…
Eroding stereotypes: College women's attempts to influence reluctant male sexual partners
Guided by descriptions of the traditional sexual script, researchers have examined men's, but not women's, attempts to influence a reluctant dating partner to engage in sex. In the current study, we examined both men's and women's experiences of women's attempts to influence a reluctant male dating partner to engage in sexual activity. Ninety male and 111 female participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing sexual/dating histories a…
A Comparison of Male and Female College Students' Experiences of Sexual Coercion
Research comparing men's and women's experiences of sexual coercion has typically assessed differences in prevalence rates and risk. We extended this line of research by comparing the contexts of sexual coercion and reactions to sexually coercive experiences in an attempt to understand the meanings that men and women attribute to these events. Participants were 433 randomly selected college students who responded to an anonymous survey. In line w…
Dating couples' disagreements over the desired level of sexual intimacy
Sixty-seven female and 54 male college students participated in a study of sexual disagreements in which the man desired to engage in a higher level of sexual activity than did the woman. Participants kept an ongoing record of dates and disagreements and provided descriptive information about some of these. We had three goals: (a) to determine how frequently this type of disagreement occurs in dating relationships; (b) to determine the types and …
The Relationships Among Body Image, Body Mass Index, Exercise, and Sexual Functioning in Heterosexual Women
Problems related to negative body image are very common among young women. In this study, we examined the relationship between women's body image and their sexual functioning over and above the effects of physical exercise and body mass index (BMI) in a sample of 214 university women. Low situational body image dysphoria and low body dissatisfaction were associated with high sexual assertiveness and sexual esteem, low sexual anxiety, and fewer se…
The Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales: Development and Initial Validation
Beyond Lesbian Bed Death: Enhancing Our Understanding of the Sexuality of Sexual-Minority Women in Relationships
The goal of this study was to characterize the sexuality of sexual-minority (i.e., lesbian, bisexual, queer, unlabeled, questioning) women. Participants were 586 women (87% White) in a same-sex relationship of 1 to 36 years in duration. They completed measures assessing their sexual behavior (frequency of nongenital and genital sexual activities), motivation (sexual desire), and cognitive-affective responses (sexual satisfaction, sexual esteem, s…
Sexual and relationship satisfaction in mainland China
We investigated the sexual relationships of married Chinese men and women living in Beijing and Shanghai. Within the framework of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS), we also examined factors related to sexual satisfaction. Completed questionnaires were returned by 193 men and 231 women. In general, respondents reported moderate levels of sexual and relationship satisfaction. Overall, respondents were neither erotophob…
A Dyadic Approach to Understanding the Link Between Sexual Functioning and Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Couples
Researchers have demonstrated that several dimensions of sexual functioning (e.g., sexual desire, arousal, orgasm) are associated with the sexual satisfaction of individuals in a committed mixed-sex (male-female) relationship. We extended this research by comparing a dyadic model that included both own (i.e., actor effect) and partner (i.e., partner effect) domains of sexual functioning to an individual model that included only actor effects. Par…
Actual and desired duration of foreplay and intercourse: Discordance and misperceptions within heterosexual couples
One hundred and fifty-two heterosexual couples reported their actual and ideal duration of foreplay and intercourse, as well as their perceptions of their partners' desired duration of foreplay and intercourse. Further, participants reported the duration of foreplay and intercourse that they felt most men and most women wanted. Ideal length of foreplay did not differ for men and women. However, men reported a significantly longer ideal duration o…
University Students’ Definitions of Sexual Abstinence and Having Sex
Positive and negative sexual cognitions: Subjective experience and relationships to sexual adjustment
Some individuals appraise their sexual cognitions negatively and/or experience negative affect in association with their sexual cognitions. However, sex researchers have tended to subsume different types of sexual cognitions under the term sexual fantasy and have assumed that these cognitions are positively experienced. The purpose of this study was to clarify past research on sexual‐cognitions by exploring the distinction between sexual cognitio…
Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students
Despite the fact that a substantial minority of individuals describe sexual thoughts that are perceived as unwanted and unacceptable, for the most part sexuality researchers have not differentiated sexual thoughts and fantasies that are perceived as positive by the respondent from those which are perceived as negative. At the same time, cognitive‐behavioral researchers investigating intrusive thoughts—that is, unwanted, sudden, and involuntary eg…
Perceived barriers and rewards to sexual consent communication: A qualitative analysis
Increasingly, affirmative consent - direct, unambiguous and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity ( Craig & McKinley, 2015 ) - is the standard being adopted by educational institutions in North America ( Bennett, 2016 ). Yet, studies show that most individuals continue to communicate consent through nonresistance ( Jozkowski et al., 2014a ). Given this discrepancy, it is critical to understand what factors prevent individuals from enga…
Validation of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire in a Spanish Sample
The Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire (IEMSSQ) contains a number of separate measures that, together, have been useful in enhancing understanding of sexual satisfaction because it is based on a validated theoretical framework and has good psychometric properties. The present study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the IEMSSQ in a Spanish sample of 520 men and 701 women in a mixed-sex relationship. P…
Online Sexual Activity Experience of Heterosexual Students: Gender Similarities and Differences
This study compared male and female university students' experiences with online sexual activity (OSA) and tested a model explaining gender differences in OSA. OSAs were categorized as non-arousal (e.g., seeking sexuality information), solitary-arousal (e.g., viewing sexually explicit materials), or partnered-arousal (e.g., sharing sexual fantasies). Participants (N = 217) completed measures of OSA experience, sexual attitudes, and sexual experie…
Parents' Reports of Sexual Communication With Children in Kindergarten to Grade 8
We examined factors associated with parents' reports of three aspects of parent-child sexual communication, quality, frequency with which parents encouraged questions, and extent of communication, on each of 10 sexual health topics. Participants were 3,413 mothers and 426 fathers with children in kindergarten to grade 8. Parents' demographic characteristics, own sexual health education, knowledge and comfort talking about sexuality with their chi…
Differences in men's and women's GLOBAL, Sexual, and Ideal-Sexual expressiveness and instrumentality
Evidence for the Importance of Relationship Satisfaction for Women's Sexual Functioning
The New View of Women's Sexual Problems proposes “Sexual Problems Relating to Partner and Relationship” as a major context for understanding women's sexual problems. This commentary summarize s some quantitative research on heterosexual women's (and men's) sexual satisfaction based on the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction. The research provides strong empirical support for the importance of including the relational context in an…
Impact of aftercare services on recidivism of mental hospital patients
Effects of sexual arousal on men's and women's behavior in sexual disagreement situations
A role‐play procedure was used to investigate the effects of acceptance of rape supportive beliefs (RMA), sexual intimacy, and sexual arousal on behavior in sexual disagreement situations. In Experiment 1, 67 college women role‐played their responses to their date's initial and continued unwanted sexual advances after viewing either an erotic or a neutral videotape. The women were more definite in their nonverbal responses to the “continued” than…
Dating couples' disagreements over the desired level of sexual intimacy
Sixty-seven female and 54 male college students participated in a study of sexual disagreements in which the man desired to engage in a higher level of sexual activity than did the woman. Participants kept an ongoing record of dates and disagreements and provided descriptive information about some of these. We had three goals: (a) to determine how frequently this type of disagreement occurs in dating relationships; (b) to determine the types and …
Predicting initiations and refusals of sexual activities in married and cohabiting heterosexual couples
Twenty‐two men and 55 women used a self‐monitoring procedure to keep an ongoing record of three aspects of sexual frequency in marital and cohabiting relationships: sexual initiations, responses to these initiations, and considering initiating but not doing so. In addition, respondents provided descriptive information on one negative and one positive response situation. Two of the goals of the study were to determine whether one or more of these …
College students’ incorporation of initiator and restrictor roles in sexual dating interactions
According to the traditional sexual script, men are the initiators and women the restrictors of sexual activities (McCormick, Brannigan, & LaPlante, 1984). While recent attitudes have shifted toward a more egalitarian standard (DeLamater & MacCorquodale, 1979) and sexual experiences are becoming more permissive (Finlay, Starnes, & Alvarez, 1985), it is not known whether this has resulted in changes in sexual scripts. Therefore, 50 men and 55 wome…
Eroding stereotypes: College women's attempts to influence reluctant male sexual partners
Guided by descriptions of the traditional sexual script, researchers have examined men's, but not women's, attempts to influence a reluctant dating partner to engage in sex. In the current study, we examined both men's and women's experiences of women's attempts to influence a reluctant male dating partner to engage in sexual activity. Ninety male and 111 female participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing sexual/dating histories a…
Sexual satisfaction in long‐term heterosexual relationships: The interpersonal exchange model of sexual satisfaction
This study examined the validity of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS) in long‐term, heterosexual sexual relationships. The IEMSS proposes that sexual satisfaction depends on one's levels of rewards and costs in the sexual relationship, one's comparison levels (CL) for rewards/costs, and one's perceptions of the dyadic equality (EQ) of these rewards/costs. Sexual satisfaction is expected to be greater to the extent th…
How Well Does the Traditional Sexual Script Explain Sexual Coercion: Review of a Program of Research
Male use of sexual coercion against an unwilling female partner is all too prevalent in North American society. Several theorists, most notably feminist theorists, have hypothesized that socialization practices with respect to traditional gender roles and corresponding cultural attitudes, cause sexual coercion. Although not always labeled in this way, these theorists posit that the “traditional sexual script” supports and condones male sexual coe…
Differences in men's and women's GLOBAL, Sexual, and Ideal-Sexual expressiveness and instrumentality
Understanding the Co-Occurrence of Marital Distress and Depression in Women
This study investigated factors related to the co-occurrence of marital distress and depression using a community-based sample of 128 women. Marital distress and depression were assessed at two levels of analysis: the global level and the level of daily marital satisfaction and dysphoric mood. Low rates of pleasing and high rates of displeasing marital exchanges were related to daily dysphoric mood and marital dissatisfaction as well as to global…
Sexual and relationship satisfaction in mainland China
We investigated the sexual relationships of married Chinese men and women living in Beijing and Shanghai. Within the framework of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS), we also examined factors related to sexual satisfaction. Completed questionnaires were returned by 193 men and 231 women. In general, respondents reported moderate levels of sexual and relationship satisfaction. Overall, respondents were neither erotophob…
The Relationships Among Ejaculatory Control, Ejaculatory Latency, and Attempts to Prolong Heterosexual Intercourse
A Comparison of Male and Female College Students' Experiences of Sexual Coercion
Research comparing men's and women's experiences of sexual coercion has typically assessed differences in prevalence rates and risk. We extended this line of research by comparing the contexts of sexual coercion and reactions to sexually coercive experiences in an attempt to understand the meanings that men and women attribute to these events. Participants were 433 randomly selected college students who responded to an anonymous survey. In line w…
Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students
Despite the fact that a substantial minority of individuals describe sexual thoughts that are perceived as unwanted and unacceptable, for the most part sexuality researchers have not differentiated sexual thoughts and fantasies that are perceived as positive by the respondent from those which are perceived as negative. At the same time, cognitive‐behavioral researchers investigating intrusive thoughts—that is, unwanted, sudden, and involuntary eg…
Sexual Satisfaction within Dating Relationships: A Test of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction
This study extended the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS) to short-term dating relationships. The IEMSS has been shown to have excellent validity for long-term heterosexual relationships. The IEMSS proposes that sexual satisfaction is greater to the extent that, over time, relationship satisfaction is high, levels of sexual rewards exceed levels of sexual costs, relative sexual reward levels exceed relative sexual cost l…
The Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Scales: Development and Initial Validation
Sexual satisfaction and sexual self‐disclosure within dating relationships
This study examined dating individuals' self‐disclosure about their sexual likes and dislikes to their partner. Forty‐seven college men and 52 college women in a dating relationship of 3 to 36 months completed a questionnaire measuring sexual exchange variables, sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, sexual communication satisfaction, and sexual and non‐sexual self‐disclosure with their partner. Both sexual and nonsexual self‐disclosure …
Operationalizing premature or rapid ejaculation
The ejaculatory behavior of 260 men was explored using eight different criteria for assessing premature or rapid ejaculation (RE). Estimates of the prevalence of RE were found to be sensitive to variations in RE operationalization, with very few to more than half of the men in the current sample classified as having RE depending upon which of several RE operationalizations were used. Twenty‐three percent of the men identified themselves as having…
Positive and negative sexual cognitions: Subjective experience and relationships to sexual adjustment
Some individuals appraise their sexual cognitions negatively and/or experience negative affect in association with their sexual cognitions. However, sex researchers have tended to subsume different types of sexual cognitions under the term sexual fantasy and have assumed that these cognitions are positively experienced. The purpose of this study was to clarify past research on sexual‐cognitions by exploring the distinction between sexual cognitio…
Evidence for the Importance of Relationship Satisfaction for Women's Sexual Functioning
The New View of Women's Sexual Problems proposes “Sexual Problems Relating to Partner and Relationship” as a major context for understanding women's sexual problems. This commentary summarize s some quantitative research on heterosexual women's (and men's) sexual satisfaction based on the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction. The research provides strong empirical support for the importance of including the relational context in an…
Premature or Rapid Ejaculation: Heterosexual Couples' Perceptions of Men's Ejaculatory Behavior
Actual and desired duration of foreplay and intercourse: Discordance and misperceptions within heterosexual couples
One hundred and fifty-two heterosexual couples reported their actual and ideal duration of foreplay and intercourse, as well as their perceptions of their partners' desired duration of foreplay and intercourse. Further, participants reported the duration of foreplay and intercourse that they felt most men and most women wanted. Ideal length of foreplay did not differ for men and women. However, men reported a significantly longer ideal duration o…
Relationship Between Sexual Violence and Positive and Negative Cognitions of Sexual Dominance
Relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction: A longitudinal study of individuals in long‐term relationships
This study examined the association between relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction over time to provide evidence about possible causal explanations for the association between two variables. Eighty-seven individuals in long-term relationships completed measures of sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction at 2 times 18 months apart. There was only limited evidence, based on exploratory analysis, to support either the hypothesis…
Dyadic assessment of sexual self-disclosure and sexual satisfaction in heterosexual dating couples
We examined two proposed pathways between sexual self-disclosure and sexual satisfaction. According to the proposed expressive pathway, reciprocal sexual self-disclosure contributes to relationship satisfaction, which in turn leads to greater sexual satisfaction. According to the instrumental pathway, own sexual self-disclosure leads to greater partner understanding of sexual likes and dislikes, which in turn leads to a more favorable balance of …
Psychology (78 works) · Developmental psychology (64 works) · Clinical Psychology (51 works) · Social Psychology (44 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (43 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (42 works) · Medicine (38 works) · Sexual behavior (35 works) · Clinical Psychology (34 works) · Sexual function and dysfunction studies (34 works)