Pornography use is a common activity in the developed world. This work consolidates
research about pornography use into an organizational structure that is relevant to sexual …

The Dual Control Model proposes that sexual responses involve an interaction between
sexual excitatory and sexual inhibitory processes. The model further postulates that …

Sexual orientation typically describes people's sexual attractions or desires based on their
sex relative to that of a target. Despite its utility, it has been critiqued in part because it fails to …

Despite many benefits related to masturbation, we know surprisingly little about how solo
sex is associated with sexual satisfaction. Using questionnaire data from a probability-based …

Research has indicated that adult romantic attachment is influential and important to sexual
and relationship satisfaction. Sexual desire, although not a direct focus of attachment …

The literature on women's sexual desire is reviewed with an emphasis on definitional
challenges, an assessment of the empirical basis for the distinction between spontaneous …

Solitary and partnered sexuality are typically depicted as fundamentally similar, but
empirical evidence suggests they differ in important ways. We investigated how women's …

Sexual arousal is an emotional/motivational state that can be triggered by internal and
external stimuli and that can be inferred from central (including verbal), peripheral (including …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to summarize the current
knowledge around sexual desire, fantasies, and related biopsychosocial factors that may …

The relation between masturbation and sexual desire has not been systematically studied.
The present study assessed the association between masturbation and pornography use …