Sowing wild oats: Valuable experience or a field full of weeds?

DM Busby, BJ Willoughby, JS Carroll - Personal Relationships, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the association was explored between the number of sexual partners
individuals had in their lifetimes and martial outcomes. The research objective was to test …

Once a poacher always a poacher? Mate poaching history and its association with relationship quality

CF Belu, LF O'Sullivan - The Journal of Sex Research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Successful mate poaching is a form of infidelity that occurs when one partner knowingly
attracts the mate of another with the intention of starting a sexual and/or romantic …

Emotional satisfaction and physical pleasure in sexual unions: Time horizon, sexual behavior, and sexual exclusivity

LJ Waite, K Joyner - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
This paper uses data from the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey to examine
emotional satisfaction and physical pleasure from sex in intimate unions for adults in the US …

How intercourse frequency is affected by relationship length, relationship quality, and sexual strategies using couple data.

TV Grøntvedt, LEO Kennair… - Evolutionary Behavioral …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
The frequency of sexual intercourse within couples is associated with a variety of factors,
such as relationship length, sexual and relationship satisfaction, and perceived quality of the …

Mating performance and singlehood across 14 nations

M Apostolou, M Sullman, B Birkás… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Adult individuals frequently face difficulties in attracting and keeping mates, which is an
important driver of singlehood. In the current research, we investigated the mating …

A comparison of polyamorous and monoamorous persons: Are there differences in indices of relationship well-being and sociosexuality?

TG Morrison, D Beaulieu, M Brockman… - Psychology & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A convenience sample of 284 self-identified polyamorous and monoamorous men and
women were compared on various psychometrically sound indices of relationship well …

Love and sex: Polyamorous relationships are perceived more favourably than swinging and open relationships

JL Matsick, TD Conley, A Ziegler, AC Moors… - Psychology & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Consensual non-monogamy (CNM) refers to romantic relationships in which all partners
agree to engage in sexual, romantic and/or emotional relationships with others. Within the …

Emotional and physical satisfaction in noncohabiting, cohabiting, and marital relationships: The importance of jealous conflict

M Gatzeva, A Paik - Journal of sex research, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines whether associations between marital status and emotional and
physical satisfaction depend on jealous conflict associated with expectations about sexual …

Sugar dating, perceptions of power, and condom use: Comparing the sexual health risk behaviours of sugar dating to non-sugar dating women

KM Kirkeby, JJ Lehmiller, MJ Marks - The Journal of Sex Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Sugar dating is a form of dating typically characterized by wealthier, older men providing
financial support to younger, less financially secure women in exchange for companionship …

Compatibility or restraint? The effects of sexual timing on marriage relationships.

DM Busby, JS Carroll, BJ Willoughby - Journal of Family …, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
Very little is known about the influence of sexual timing on relationship outcomes. Is it better
to test sexual compatibility as early as possible or show sexual restraint so that other areas …