Relationship partners affect one another's health outcomes through their health behaviors,
yet how this occurs is not well understood. To fill this gap, we present the Dyadic Health …

Does fear of being single (FOBS) predict risky health behaviors when such behavior could
promote pursuit of a romantic connection? Study 1 tested general tendencies toward taking …

Examining the links between personality traits and attitudes toward sex robots can provide
insights into who may desire such machines, and why. This online study thus examined the …

Drawing from expectancy-value theory, the current study documented expected likelihoods
(ie, expectancies) of orgasm, non-orgasmic sexual pleasure, and emotional closeness …

The present study examined the understanding and behaviors relating to sexual consent
among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) internationally …

Reports worldwide have been showing increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) and condomless sex in recent years. Research has identified several individual and …

Communicating about sex with close friends (ie, support providers) can shape perceptions
about sex and sexuality. Drawing from Advice Response Theory (ART) we considered …

Sexual arousal is conceptualized as a motivational system that prioritizes mating and
minimizes the perceived risks associated with sex. Previous studies show that when …

A consistent finding in the literature is that men overperceive sexual interest in women (ie,
sexual overperception bias). Several potential mechanisms have been proposed for this …

We examined three proximal motives for sexual aggression (sexual persistence after a turn
down): sexual arousal, power, and relationship. The MTurk sample consisted of 264 adults …