“…We found that 32 studies used data collection instruments, of which 15 (46.87%) worked with the CTS or CTS2, or specific subscales of these instruments (Ackerman, 2012;Bates, Graham-Kevan, & Archer, 2014;Chan, 2012;Jaquier & Sullivan, 2014;Johnson et al, 2014;Leonard, Winters, Kearns-Bodkin, Homish, & Kubiak, 2014;Lövestad & Krantz, 2012;Marshall et al, 2011;Renner, Habib, Stromquist, & Peek-Asa, 2014;Sillito, 2012;Sullivan et al, 2010;Volpe et al, 2012;Zanoni, Warburton, Bussey, & McMaugh, 2014 In regard to the characteristics of participants / samples of the studies, 22 empirical studies used women and men. Of the studies that used women and men, only five conducted their research with couples (Chan, 2012;Leonard et al, 2014;Marshall et al, 2011;Renner et al, 2014;Tanha, Beck, Figueredo, & Raghavanet, 2010).…”