Kristen P Mark
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 768604 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kristen P Mark |
| PRENOMES | Kristen P |
| SOBRENOME | Mark |
| ASSINATURA | MARK K P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kentucky |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0524-3357 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 162 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Understanding Relationship Boredom
Boredom is a common experience in long-term relationships, yet research on close relationships has often overlooked this experience and has particularly ignored the way it relates or contributes to sexual boredom. This study aimed to identify and describe dimensions of relationship boredom in individuals in romantic relationships and further understand its link to sexual boredom through descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. The study incl…
Challenges Faced by People with Disabilities in Accessing Contraception and Childbirth Care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Background People with disabilities (PWDs) experience significant challenges in accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Consequently, global, regional, and national policies recommend equal rights for PWDs to access quality health care. Tanzania is working to improve SRH accessibility; however, women with disabilities still face numerous challenges in accessing reproductive and maternal healthcare services. These challenges must …
Adult perceptions of the sexual health impact of abstinence-only sex education
Abstinence-only sexual health education programmes remain the predominant form of sex education in the USA despite being ineffective in delaying sexual initiation, reducing risky sexual behaviours, or preventing pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. The longer-term implications of receiving abstinence-only sex education during school-age years on adult sexual health and well-being remain poorly understood. This study addressed that gap…
Women Are Slightly More Sexually Satisfied in Their Romantic Relationships Than Men
‘They’re learning all this stuff, like, accidentally’
Media is a common source of sexual health information, and scholars have lauded the popular Netflix series Sex Education for its positive approach. This qualitative study explored youth viewpoints about the series as a credible source of information. Six online focus groups were conducted in 2022–2023 (N = 22 US adolescents who had viewed at least two seasons of the show, aged 14–19, 50% cisgender female). Discussion focused on whether participan…
Women Who Experience More Affectionate Touch Report Better Body Satisfaction and Relationship Outcomes
Affectionate touch (e.g. hugging, handholding) is an essential component of many intimate relationships and is a primary contributor to overall relationship satisfaction as well as sexual satisfaction. Affectionate touch is understood to be a form of non-verbal communication in which the giver is expressing positive feelings toward the receiver. Here, we propose that affectionate touch also positively impacts receivers' body satisfaction, because…
LGBTQ + Grassroots Activists’ Perspectives on Banning Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
Changes in Solo and Partnered Sexual Behaviors following the First Covid-19 Wave
Objective: To determine individual- and country-level factors associated with self-reported changes in solo and partnered sexual behaviors in an international sample of adults during COVID-19. Methods: = 19,654) sexual/reproductive health before and during the first wave of COVID-19. We examined self-reported changes (three-point scale: decreased, no change, increased) in solo masturbation, hugging/holding hands/cuddling with a partner, sex with …
The Experience of Bi-Negativity in Mixed Gender Relationships
Bisexual orientation in the context of long-term relationships comes with a unique set of challenges, especially when that relationship is mixed gender. The cultural belief that bisexual orientation is unstable or temporary paired with the presentation of a partnership that grants heterosexual privilege can be a complex place to exist for bisexual individuals. This experience was examined in semi-structured interviews of 55 bisexual people in a m…
Identifying Relationships Between Difficulties with Emotion Regulation and Compulsive Sexual Behavior
LGBTQ+ Grassroots Activism
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ+) individuals have a long history of mobilizing to raise awareness and initiate social and political change for LGBTQ+ related issues. The present study explored how grassroots activism impacted resilience among LGBTQ+ people. In-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 LGBTQ+ activists from one statewide grassroots organization aiming to ba…
Attitudes toward Mothers as Sexual Beings (ATMSB)
Societal messages about mothers indicate an incompatibility between motherhood and sexuality and women report not feeling like sexual beings after transitioning into parenthood. Research shows that negative sexual attitudes are associated with worse sexual function, indicating that negative attitudes toward mothers as sexual beings may negatively impact the sexual health of mothers and their partners. However, there is no existing tool to measure…
Sexual Desire in the Time of Covid-19
Identifying the strongest self-report predictors of sexual satisfaction using machine learning
Sexual satisfaction has been robustly associated with relationship and individual well-being. Previous studies have found several individual (e.g., gender, self-esteem, and attachment) and relational (e.g., relationship satisfaction, relationship length, and sexual desire) factors that predict sexual satisfaction. The aim of the present study was to identify which variables are the strongest, and the least strong, predictors of sexual satisfactio…
Are Couples More Satisfied When They Match in Sexual Desire? New Insights From Response Surface Analyses
While sexual frequency and satisfaction are strong contributors to the quality and longevity of romantic relationships and overall well-being, mismatches in sexual desire between partners are common and have been linked with poorer satisfaction. Previous findings linking mismatches in desire with poorer relationship and sexual outcomes have typically been derived using difference scores, an approach that does not account for partners’ overall lev…
Integrating Sexual Pleasure for Quality & Inclusive Comprehensive Sexuality Education
The lack of inclusion of sexual pleasure in comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) could be detrimental to sexual development, misses opportunities for inclusive education, and may have a long-term impact on sexual well-being. The WAS' Declaration on Sexual Pleasure provides the opportunity to advocate for pleasure as an indispensable part of CSE. Specifically, the inclusion of pleasure in CSE will positively impact six outcomes: traditional ris…
The Co-existence of Love and Desire
Communicating a History of Sexual Trauma
The study aimed to understand how women who experienced sexual trauma but are now in a healthy relationship perceive their partners' responses to their disclosure of sexual trauma. Forty-one women completed an in-depth semi-structured phone interview. Responses were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis, identifying two overarching themes and six subthemes. The results provide a voice to the needs and preferences of women who experienced sex…
Less Sex, but More Sexual Diversity
Recreational sex is a popular form of leisure that has been redefined by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. "Social distancing" rules have imposed limits on sex for leisure while also creating new opportunities. We discuss results from an online survey of 1,559 adults who were asked about the pandemic's impact on their intimate lives. While nearly half of the sample reported a decline in their sex life, one in five participants reported expandi…
Is Infidelity Predictable? Using Explainable Machine Learning to Identify the Most Important Predictors of Infidelity
Infidelity can be a disruptive event in a romantic relationship with a devastating impact on both partners' well-being. Thus, there are benefits to identifying factors that can explain or predict infidelity, but prior research has not utilized methods that would provide the relative importance of each predictor. We used a machine learning algorithm, random forest (a type of interpretable highly non-linear decision tree), to predict in-person and …
Sexual consent and sexual agency of women in healthy relationships following a history of sexual trauma
Sexual consent is a crucial component of any healthy sexual relationship. Women who have experienced sexual trauma are uniquely positioned to provide insight into sexual consent given that they have lived through sexual violence in the form of non-consensual sex and can reflect upon the importance of consent. Forty-one women completed an in-depth semi-structured phone interview and their responses were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. …
The Impact of Bisexual Identity on Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction of Mixed Sex Couples
Despite advances in research into minority sexual identities, bisexual identity research has been limited. Studies conducted to date suggest that bisexuality is often perceived as a ‘transitional’ identity and bisexual individuals in relationships are often perceived to be either straight, lesbian, or gay based on the gender of their relationship partner. The current couple-based study focuses on the experiences of bisexual individuals in mixed-s…
Strategies for Mitigating Sexual Desire Discrepancy in Relationships
Sexual desire discrepancy, when one member of a couple experiences more or less sexual desire relative to their partner, is among the main reasons for couples to seek therapy. A great deal of prior research has examined the complexity of sexual desire and the role of sexual desire discrepancy in long-term relationships, but little research has specifically examined strategies used to mitigate sexual desire discrepancy when it arises. Thus, the pu…
Daily Sexual Desire and Its Impact on Next-Day Desire and Behavior in Mixed Sex Couples
Psychosocial Correlates of Ever Having a Pap Test and Abnormal Pap Results in a Sample of Rural Appalachian Women
BACKGROUND: Despite known prevention and screening efforts, there are higher invasive cervical cancer rates in Appalachia than in other areas of the United States and higher mortality rates in the Appalachian region of Kentucky compared to Appalachian regions of other states. PURPOSE: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the association of psychosocial factors relevant to cervical cancer and the outcome of ever having a Pap test i…
A Psychometric Comparison of Three Scales and a Single-Item Measure to Assess Sexual Satisfaction
This study was designed to systematically compare and contrast the psychometric properties of three scales developed to measure sexual satisfaction and a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. The Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS), Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale-Short (NSSS-S) were compared to one another and to a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. Conceptualization of the const…
Less Sex, but More Sexual Diversity
Recreational sex is a popular form of leisure that has been redefined by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. "Social distancing" rules have imposed limits on sex for leisure while also creating new opportunities. We discuss results from an online survey of 1,559 adults who were asked about the pandemic's impact on their intimate lives. While nearly half of the sample reported a decline in their sex life, one in five participants reported expandi…
Infidelity in Heterosexual Couples
The Sociocultural Context of Sexually Diverse Women’s Sexual Desire
Sexual Desire in the Time of Covid-19
Identifying the strongest self-report predictors of sexual satisfaction using machine learning
Sexual satisfaction has been robustly associated with relationship and individual well-being. Previous studies have found several individual (e.g., gender, self-esteem, and attachment) and relational (e.g., relationship satisfaction, relationship length, and sexual desire) factors that predict sexual satisfaction. The aim of the present study was to identify which variables are the strongest, and the least strong, predictors of sexual satisfactio…
Sexual consent and sexual agency of women in healthy relationships following a history of sexual trauma
Sexual consent is a crucial component of any healthy sexual relationship. Women who have experienced sexual trauma are uniquely positioned to provide insight into sexual consent given that they have lived through sexual violence in the form of non-consensual sex and can reflect upon the importance of consent. Forty-one women completed an in-depth semi-structured phone interview and their responses were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. …
Validation of the Sexual Desire Inventory for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer adults
The Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI; Spector, Carey, & Steinberg, 1996) is one of the most popular scales used to measure dyadic and solitary sexual desire. Research on sexual desire has primarily focused on heterosexual cisgender experiences, and the SDI has not been validated in lesbian, gay, bisexua
Fifty Shades of Sexual Health and BDSM Identity Messaging
LGBTQ+ Grassroots Activism
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ+) individuals have a long history of mobilizing to raise awareness and initiate social and political change for LGBTQ+ related issues. The present study explored how grassroots activism impacted resilience among LGBTQ+ people. In-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 LGBTQ+ activists from one statewide grassroots organization aiming to ba…
The Impact of Bisexual Identity on Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction of Mixed Sex Couples
Despite advances in research into minority sexual identities, bisexual identity research has been limited. Studies conducted to date suggest that bisexuality is often perceived as a ‘transitional’ identity and bisexual individuals in relationships are often perceived to be either straight, lesbian, or gay based on the gender of their relationship partner. The current couple-based study focuses on the experiences of bisexual individuals in mixed-s…
The Experience of Bi-Negativity in Mixed Gender Relationships
Bisexual orientation in the context of long-term relationships comes with a unique set of challenges, especially when that relationship is mixed gender. The cultural belief that bisexual orientation is unstable or temporary paired with the presentation of a partnership that grants heterosexual privilege can be a complex place to exist for bisexual individuals. This experience was examined in semi-structured interviews of 55 bisexual people in a m…
Daily Sexual Desire and Its Impact on Next-Day Desire and Behavior in Mixed Sex Couples
Bi”ing into monogamy
Is Infidelity Predictable? Using Explainable Machine Learning to Identify the Most Important Predictors of Infidelity
Infidelity can be a disruptive event in a romantic relationship with a devastating impact on both partners' well-being. Thus, there are benefits to identifying factors that can explain or predict infidelity, but prior research has not utilized methods that would provide the relative importance of each predictor. We used a machine learning algorithm, random forest (a type of interpretable highly non-linear decision tree), to predict in-person and …
Strategies for Mitigating Sexual Desire Discrepancy in Relationships
Sexual desire discrepancy, when one member of a couple experiences more or less sexual desire relative to their partner, is among the main reasons for couples to seek therapy. A great deal of prior research has examined the complexity of sexual desire and the role of sexual desire discrepancy in long-term relationships, but little research has specifically examined strategies used to mitigate sexual desire discrepancy when it arises. Thus, the pu…
The Influence of Attraction to Partner on Heterosexual Women’s Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction in Long-Term Relationships
Identifying Relationships Between Difficulties with Emotion Regulation and Compulsive Sexual Behavior
Communicating a History of Sexual Trauma
The study aimed to understand how women who experienced sexual trauma but are now in a healthy relationship perceive their partners' responses to their disclosure of sexual trauma. Forty-one women completed an in-depth semi-structured phone interview. Responses were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis, identifying two overarching themes and six subthemes. The results provide a voice to the needs and preferences of women who experienced sex…
Self‐confirmation strivings in depression
The purpose of the present study was to compare the emotional reactions of depressed and nondepressed individuals to experiences of romantic rejection versus acceptance. We tested our hypotheses in a sample of 28 depressed and 43 nondepressed undergraduate students. In support of self‐consistency theories, the results showed that depressed individuals reported significantly greater negative mood in the romantic acceptance versus rejection conditi…
Infidelity in Heterosexual Couples
Understanding Problems with Condom Fit and Feel
A Psychometric Comparison of Three Scales and a Single-Item Measure to Assess Sexual Satisfaction
This study was designed to systematically compare and contrast the psychometric properties of three scales developed to measure sexual satisfaction and a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. The Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS), Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale-Short (NSSS-S) were compared to one another and to a single-item measure of sexual satisfaction. Conceptualization of the const…
Bi”ing into monogamy
The Influence of Attraction to Partner on Heterosexual Women’s Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction in Long-Term Relationships
Fifty Shades of Sexual Health and BDSM Identity Messaging
Validation of the Sexual Desire Inventory for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer adults
The Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI; Spector, Carey, & Steinberg, 1996) is one of the most popular scales used to measure dyadic and solitary sexual desire. Research on sexual desire has primarily focused on heterosexual cisgender experiences, and the SDI has not been validated in lesbian, gay, bisexua
The Sociocultural Context of Sexually Diverse Women’s Sexual Desire
Psychosocial Correlates of Ever Having a Pap Test and Abnormal Pap Results in a Sample of Rural Appalachian Women
BACKGROUND: Despite known prevention and screening efforts, there are higher invasive cervical cancer rates in Appalachia than in other areas of the United States and higher mortality rates in the Appalachian region of Kentucky compared to Appalachian regions of other states. PURPOSE: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the association of psychosocial factors relevant to cervical cancer and the outcome of ever having a Pap test i…
Maintaining Sexual Desire in Long-Term Relationships
Daily Sexual Desire and Its Impact on Next-Day Desire and Behavior in Mixed Sex Couples
Sexual consent and sexual agency of women in healthy relationships following a history of sexual trauma
Sexual consent is a crucial component of any healthy sexual relationship. Women who have experienced sexual trauma are uniquely positioned to provide insight into sexual consent given that they have lived through sexual violence in the form of non-consensual sex and can reflect upon the importance of consent. Forty-one women completed an in-depth semi-structured phone interview and their responses were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. …
The Impact of Bisexual Identity on Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction of Mixed Sex Couples
Despite advances in research into minority sexual identities, bisexual identity research has been limited. Studies conducted to date suggest that bisexuality is often perceived as a ‘transitional’ identity and bisexual individuals in relationships are often perceived to be either straight, lesbian, or gay based on the gender of their relationship partner. The current couple-based study focuses on the experiences of bisexual individuals in mixed-s…
Strategies for Mitigating Sexual Desire Discrepancy in Relationships
Sexual desire discrepancy, when one member of a couple experiences more or less sexual desire relative to their partner, is among the main reasons for couples to seek therapy. A great deal of prior research has examined the complexity of sexual desire and the role of sexual desire discrepancy in long-term relationships, but little research has specifically examined strategies used to mitigate sexual desire discrepancy when it arises. Thus, the pu…
Are Couples More Satisfied When They Match in Sexual Desire? New Insights From Response Surface Analyses
While sexual frequency and satisfaction are strong contributors to the quality and longevity of romantic relationships and overall well-being, mismatches in sexual desire between partners are common and have been linked with poorer satisfaction. Previous findings linking mismatches in desire with poorer relationship and sexual outcomes have typically been derived using difference scores, an approach that does not account for partners’ overall lev…
Integrating Sexual Pleasure for Quality & Inclusive Comprehensive Sexuality Education
The lack of inclusion of sexual pleasure in comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) could be detrimental to sexual development, misses opportunities for inclusive education, and may have a long-term impact on sexual well-being. The WAS' Declaration on Sexual Pleasure provides the opportunity to advocate for pleasure as an indispensable part of CSE. Specifically, the inclusion of pleasure in CSE will positively impact six outcomes: traditional ris…
The Co-existence of Love and Desire
Communicating a History of Sexual Trauma
The study aimed to understand how women who experienced sexual trauma but are now in a healthy relationship perceive their partners' responses to their disclosure of sexual trauma. Forty-one women completed an in-depth semi-structured phone interview. Responses were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis, identifying two overarching themes and six subthemes. The results provide a voice to the needs and preferences of women who experienced sex…
Less Sex, but More Sexual Diversity
Recreational sex is a popular form of leisure that has been redefined by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. "Social distancing" rules have imposed limits on sex for leisure while also creating new opportunities. We discuss results from an online survey of 1,559 adults who were asked about the pandemic's impact on their intimate lives. While nearly half of the sample reported a decline in their sex life, one in five participants reported expandi…
Is Infidelity Predictable? Using Explainable Machine Learning to Identify the Most Important Predictors of Infidelity
Infidelity can be a disruptive event in a romantic relationship with a devastating impact on both partners' well-being. Thus, there are benefits to identifying factors that can explain or predict infidelity, but prior research has not utilized methods that would provide the relative importance of each predictor. We used a machine learning algorithm, random forest (a type of interpretable highly non-linear decision tree), to predict in-person and …
Attitudes toward Mothers as Sexual Beings (ATMSB)
Societal messages about mothers indicate an incompatibility between motherhood and sexuality and women report not feeling like sexual beings after transitioning into parenthood. Research shows that negative sexual attitudes are associated with worse sexual function, indicating that negative attitudes toward mothers as sexual beings may negatively impact the sexual health of mothers and their partners. However, there is no existing tool to measure…
Sexual Desire in the Time of Covid-19
Identifying the strongest self-report predictors of sexual satisfaction using machine learning
Sexual satisfaction has been robustly associated with relationship and individual well-being. Previous studies have found several individual (e.g., gender, self-esteem, and attachment) and relational (e.g., relationship satisfaction, relationship length, and sexual desire) factors that predict sexual satisfaction. The aim of the present study was to identify which variables are the strongest, and the least strong, predictors of sexual satisfactio…
Changes in Solo and Partnered Sexual Behaviors following the First Covid-19 Wave
Objective: To determine individual- and country-level factors associated with self-reported changes in solo and partnered sexual behaviors in an international sample of adults during COVID-19. Methods: = 19,654) sexual/reproductive health before and during the first wave of COVID-19. We examined self-reported changes (three-point scale: decreased, no change, increased) in solo masturbation, hugging/holding hands/cuddling with a partner, sex with …
Psychology (27 obras) · Social Psychology (24 obras) · Developmental psychology (17 obras) · Sexual function and dysfunction studies (15 obras) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (15 obras) · Social Psychology (15 obras) · Sociology (13 obras) · Gender Studies (12 obras) · Human sexuality (12 obras) · Clinical Psychology (11 obras)