Benevolent cognitions as a strategy of relationship maintenance:" don't sweat the small stuff".... But it is not all small stuff.

JK McNulty, EM O'Mara, BR Karney - Journal of personality and …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
To maintain intimate relationships in the face of negative experiences, many recommend
cognitive strategies that minimize the implications of those experiences for global …

Sexual narcissism and the perpetration of sexual aggression

L Widman, JK McNulty - Archives of sexual behavior, 2010 - Springer
Despite indirect evidence linking narcissism to sexual aggression, studies directly
examining this relationship have yielded inconsistent results. Likely contributing to such …

How implicit theories of sexuality shape sexual and relationship well-being.

JA Maxwell, A Muise, G MacDonald… - Journal of Personality …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
How do people believe they can best maintain sexual satisfaction in their romantic
relationships? In the current research, we draw upon the literature on implicit theories of …

Sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction during the early years of Chinese marriage: A three-wave, cross-lagged, actor–partner interdependence model

H Cao, N Zhou, MA Fine, X Li… - The Journal of Sex …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Sexuality is an integral component of many intimate relationships, and research has
consistently demonstrated a positive association between sexual and marital satisfaction …

Sexual narcissism and infidelity in early marriage

JK McNulty, L Widman - Archives of sexual behavior, 2014 - Springer
There is theoretical reason to believe that narcissism is associated with infidelity. Yet,
studies that have examined this association have yielded inconsistent results. Given that …

“What do you mean when you say that you are sexually satisfied?” A mixed methods study

SI McClelland - Feminism & Psychology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Not enough is understood about the role of gender norms and sexual stigma in shaping
individuals' definitions of sexual satisfaction. The current study aimed to investigate the …

Sex and happiness

Z Cheng, R Smyth - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015 - Elsevier
We examine the relationship between sexual activities and happiness using a sample of
3800 adults from China. We provide some results about the relationship between sexual …

Sexual satisfaction in committed relationships

P Schwartz, L Young - Sexuality Research & Social Policy, 2009 - Springer
This article provides an overview of the recent interdisciplinary research on the connection
between sexual satisfaction and overall relationship happiness for couples. The authors …

Exploring the effects of sexual desire discrepancy among married couples

BJ Willoughby, AM Farero, DM Busby - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2014 - Springer
Previous studies have found associations between the individual discrepancy of desired
sexual frequency and actual sexual frequency and relational outcomes among premarital …

Changes in, and factors associated with, frequency of sex in Britain: evidence from three National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)

K Wellings, MJ Palmer, K Machiyama, E Slaymaker - bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
Objectives To examine changes over time in the reported frequency of occurrence of sex
and associations between sexual frequency and selected variables. Design Repeat, cross …