Past research on sexual satisfaction (SS) has primarily developed along three lines of research: interpersonal exchange as related to SS, impact of body image on sexuality and SS, and dysfunction and sexual anxiety as detractors from SS. Furthermore, past research has tended to focus on heterosexual couples, thereby excluding potentially important predictors of SS that are unique to LGB men and women. In this study, we sought to integrate the three disparate lines of research related to SS and attend to LGB-specific factors that may influence SS. We employed multiple linear regression to analyze data from 369 partnered LGB men and women. This method allowed for the examination of how each predictor influenced SS while accounting for the relationships between SS and the other variables. Results indicated that four variables (sexual anxiety, relationship commitment, body image, and identity pride) contributed significantly to SS. Neither internalized homonegativity nor gender contributed significantly to SS; however, analyses indicated that for partnered LGB adults, relationship commitment was an important predictor of SS for women, but not for men. Overall, our findings indicate that partnered LGB adults' perception of their SS is influenced by factors that are unique to their LGB identity (i.e., identity pride), as well as by those shared by heterosexually identified adults (i.e., body image, relationship commitment, and sexual anxiety). These findings have implications for psychotherapy and SS research with LGB clients. Public Significance StatementThis study extends previous research on heterosexual individuals by demonstrating that factors such as sexual anxiety, body image, and relationship commitment are similarly important to SS for partnered LGB people. Findings also indicate that SS may be affected by LGB-specific considerations, such as identity pride. This reinforces the observation that it is important to recognize similarities among heterosexual and LGB people without overlooking unique attributes of sexual identity that impact SS. Furthermore, this study was the first to conjointly consider how key variables from different lines of SS research retain robust predictive ability in more complex designs. Findings may inform future models of SS, as well as psychotherapy practices.

In this study, major life decisions of gifted adults were examined in relation to life satisfaction. Participants were 57 gifted adults who have been participating in a longitudinal study over the last two decades. Qualitative data were collected via written and online surveys, and were analyzed by a research team using phenomenological, postpositivist, consensus-seeking methods. Participants’ decisions were categorized according to their developmental stage at the time of the decision. Their perspectives regarding major life decisions, life satisfaction, career, romantic relationships, family relationships, and personal well-being are described and discussed in relation to existing knowledge and literature on gifted adults. Suggestions for counselors and educators are provided, based on the findings of this study.

The purpose of this study was to examine the Choose Respect dating violence prevention program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, , n.d.‐a) with secondary students in St. Lucia. Multivariate analysis of variance results indicated that the Choose Respect program had a positive influence on participants’ attitudes about control in relationships. Significant gender and school effects were found. Implications of these findings for primary prevention efforts targeting dating violence in St. Lucia and limitations of the study are discussed.