Contextual models of relationships and recent theories of attachment system activation
suggest that experiences that promote intimacy, such as sexual intercourse, may moderate …

Contemporary perspectives on relationship commitment posit that intimates decide whether
or not to maintain a relationship based on their commitment to that relationship, and that they …

Why are neurotic intimates likely to have troubled relationships? Do they create greater
negativity through their own negative behavior, or do they perceive greater negativity …

Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as
present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or real, in the doing of …

Consensually nonmonogamous (CNM) relationships allow individuals to fulfill their sexual
needs with multiple partners, but research has yet to investigate how having one's sexual …

Sex is rarely discussed in theories of well-being and rarely empirically examined using
methods other than cross-sectional surveys. In the present study, a daily diary approach was …

Selon la théorie de l'attachement, les relations amoureuses des adultes sont régies par trois
schèmes comportementaux interdépendants: l'attachement, le soutien de l'autre et le sexe …

Recent research has suggested that sexual content and sexual satisfaction are multifaceted.
Yet, no study has parceled out how distinct aspects of sexual content may be associated …

While much research has examined sexual problems and dysfunction, far less research has
examined intersections between sexual satisfaction and sexual activity, particularly as it …

This chapter highlights the contextual nature of intimate relationships. The first two sections
review evidence that the implications of four key processes for relationship functioning …