Sexuality in the context of relationships.

Impett, Emily A.; Muise, Amy; Peragine, Diana E.

doi:10.1037/14193-010

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“…Two methodological strengths of this research are the data collection from dyads and the daily event-level collection of data. The dyadic approach is especially important since an overwhelming majority of sexual experiences take place within the context of a partner (Impett, Muise, & Peragine, 2013). The daily event-level collection of data offers more contextual information that previous research examining the constructs of interest have been unable to provide (e.g., Mark, 2012;Mark & Murray, 2012;Willoughby & Vitas, 2012;Willoughby et al, in press).…”

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The impact of daily sexual desire and daily sexual desire discrepancy on the quality of the sexual experience in couples

Mark

2014

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

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Recent research has found associations between sexual desire, desire discrepancy, and satisfaction outcomes in individuals and couples on a broad level. The present study aimed to extend these findings to the event level through examining daily experiences of sexual desire, sexual desire discrepancy, and quality of the sexual experience in a sample of 87 mixed-sex couples (174 individuals) over a 30-day period through daily electronic report. Participants were in their relationships for an average of 9.3 years. Data were analyzed using over-time Actor Partner Interdependence Models (APIM). For women and men, higher actor daily sexual desire predicted higher actor quality of the sexual experience. In addition, higher partner daily sexual desire predicted higher actor quality of the sexual experience. Event-level desire discrepancy between the couple was also a significant predictor of actor quality of the sexual experience for women, though not for men. These results confirm that day-to-day sexual desire and desire discrepancy are important indicators of quality of the sexual relationship and emphasize the importance of considering event-level characteristics when examining sexual behaviour and couple dynamics. Implications and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

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The impact of daily sexual desire and daily sexual desire discrepancy on the quality of the sexual experience in couples

Mark

2014

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

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“…Although sexual and relationship satisfaction have been connected in numerous cross-sectional studies (see Impett et al, 2014; Sprecher & Cate, 2004), prior research has been inconsistent in demonstrating the direction of that relationship. The two longitudinal studies described here used eight assessments of sexual and marital satisfaction from 207 newlywed couples that spanned the first several years of marriage to demonstrate that the association between sexual and marital satisfaction was bidirectional.…”

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“…Does satisfying sex make for a happier relationship or does a happy relationship lead to more satisfying sex? Although sexual satisfaction is clearly a strong correlate of relationship satisfaction (for reviews, see Impett, Muise, & Peragine, 2014; Sprecher & Cate, 2004), the exact nature of that association is much less clear. As with any correlation, it is possible that (1) sexual satisfaction predicts subsequent relationship satisfaction, (2) relationship satisfaction predicts subsequent sexual satisfaction, (3) the association is bidirectional, or (4) there is no causal relationship between sexual and relationship satisfaction.…”

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Longitudinal Associations Among Relationship Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, and Frequency of Sex in Early Marriage

2014

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The current research used two 8-wave longitudinal studies spanning the first 4–5 years of 207 marriages to examine the potential bidirectional associations among marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and frequency of sex. All three variables declined over time, though the rate of decline in each variable became increasingly less steep. Controlling for these changes, own marital and sexual satisfaction were bidirectionally positively associated with one another; higher levels of marital satisfaction at one wave of assessment predicted more positive changes in sexual satisfaction from that assessment to the next and higher levels of sexual satisfaction at one wave of assessment predicted more positive changes in marital satisfaction from that assessment to the next. Likewise, own sexual satisfaction and frequency of sex were bidirectionally positively associated with one another. Additionally, partner sexual satisfaction positively predicted changes in frequency of sex and own sexual satisfaction among husbands, yet partner marital satisfaction negatively predicted changes in both frequency of sex and own sexual satisfaction. Controlling these associations, marital satisfaction did not directly predict changes in frequency of sex or vice versa. Only the association between partner sexual satisfaction and changes in own sexual satisfaction varied across men and women and none of the key effects varied across the studies. These findings suggest that sexual and relationship satisfaction are intricately intertwined and thus that interventions to treat and prevent marital distress may benefit by targeting the sexual relationship and interventions to treat and prevent sexual distress in marriage may benefit by targeting the marital relationship.

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“…Romantic relationships provide a context for sexual behavior to occur with the same person in tandem with other interpersonal exchanges (Impett, Muise, & Peragine, 2013). Therefore, the experience of sexual behavior with romantic relationship partners provides a different context for the development of sexual esteem than the same behaviors with non-committed partners (Impett et al, 2013).…”

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Sexual Esteem in Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Sexual Behavior, Contraception Use, and Romantic Relationships

Maas

Lefkowitz

2014

The Journal of Sex Research

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Sexual esteem is an integral psychological aspect of sexual health (Snell & Papini, 1989), yet it is unclear if sexual esteem is associated with sexual health behavior among heterosexual men and women. The current analysis uses a normative framework for sexual development (Lefkowitz & Gillen, 2006; Tolman & McClelland, 2011) by examining the association of sexual esteem with sexual behavior, contraception use, and romantic relationship characteristics. Participants (N = 518; 56.0% female; mean age = 18.43 years; 26.8% identified as Hispanic/Latino; among non-Hispanic/Latinos, 27.2% of the full sample identified as European American, 22.4% Asian American, 14.9% African American, and 8.7% multiracial) completed web-based surveys at a large northeastern university. Participants who had oral sex more frequently, recently had more oral and penetrative sex partners (particularly for male participants), and spent more college semesters in romantic relationships, tended to have higher sexual esteem than those who had sex less frequently, with fewer partners, or spent more semesters without romantic partners. Sexually active male emerging adults who never used contraception during recent penetrative sex tended to have higher sexual esteem than those who did use it, whereas female emerging adults who never used contraception tended to have lower sexual esteem than those who did use it. Implications of these results for the development of a healthy sexual self-concept in emerging adulthood are discussed.

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Sexuality in the context of relationships.

Cited by 98 publications

References 298 publications

The impact of daily sexual desire and daily sexual desire discrepancy on the quality of the sexual experience in couples

The impact of daily sexual desire and daily sexual desire discrepancy on the quality of the sexual experience in couples

Longitudinal Associations Among Relationship Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, and Frequency of Sex in Early Marriage

Sexual Esteem in Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Sexual Behavior, Contraception Use, and Romantic Relationships

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