The Role of Sexual Communication in Couples’ Sexual Outcomes: A Dyadic Path Analysis

Jones, Adam; Robinson, W. David; Seedall, Ryan B.

doi:10.1111/jmft.12282

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“…These results are especially compelling because this study was conducted in the Province of Quebec in Canada in which attitudes tend to be more liberal than in other parts of Canada or the United States (Hyde, DeLamater, & Byers, ). Thus, the prevalence of sexual problems and reduced sexual satisfaction may be even higher among clinical couples who hold more negative attitudes about sexuality or have more difficulty communicating about sex with their partner—both negative sexual attitudes and poor sexual communication are associated with lower sexual well‐being (Jones, Robinson, & Seedall, ; MacNeil & Byers, ; Mark & Jozkowski, ).…”

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Sexual Portrait of Couples Seeking Relationship Therapy

Péloquin

Byers

Callaci

et al. 2018

J Marital Family Therapy

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This study sought to provide information about the sexual well-being of 298 mixed-sex couples seeking relationship therapy and determined the extent to which problems with sexual functioning and dyadic adjustment of both partners are associated with sexual satisfaction. Partners completed measures of dyadic adjustment, sexual satisfaction, and sexual functioning. Thirty percent of couples reported a clinically significant sexual problem. Compared to their male partners, the women were more likely to report a sexual problem as well as lower dyadic adjustment, sexual satisfaction, and overall sexual functioning. Path analysis indicated that relationship adjustment uniquely predicted individuals' own sexual satisfaction; problems in sexual functioning uniquely predicted own and partner sexual satisfaction. Findings underscore the need to address sexual problems in relationship therapy.

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Sexual Portrait of Couples Seeking Relationship Therapy

Péloquin

Byers

Callaci

et al. 2018

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…Evidence showed that marital satisfaction in middle-aged couples who had high level of nontangible supports from adult children was high (30). Moreover, couples communication was found to affect their sexual satisfaction (31). This finding can be interpreted as follows: increased parenting-related stress , less time dedicated to each other due to the child's demands, greater engagement and reduced relationship between husband and wife, more parental responsibilities, and failure to divide the household chores and labor (32) which caused lower sexual and marital satisfaction at this stage of family life cycle.…”

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Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Fallah¹,

Naz²,

Ozgoli³

et al. 2018

International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Scienc

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Introduction The family life cycle indicates the developmental processes of family members (1). Duvall classified family cycle into the following stages: beginning families (I), families who are first time childbearing (II), those who have preschool children (III), families with school children (IV), those with teenagers (V), families with their first child gone to last child's leaving home (VI), and families who have in the middle years (VII) (2). Meanwhile, Rollins and Feldman also believed that the couples' relationships were influenced by different stages of the family life cycle (3). Marital satisfaction was defined as the happiness on different aspects of marital relationship (4,5). Lawrance and Byers defined sexual satisfaction as "an effective response arising from one's subjective evaluation of the positive and negative dimensions associated with one's sexual relationship" (4). Researches showed different patterns for marital satisfaction of the couples in the stages of family life cycle. For example, Lupri and Frideres obtained a U-shaped pattern which meant a decrease in marital satisfaction in the middle stages of life (5); however, Spanier et al reported curvilinear as well as negative linear trends; no relationship was found at all in three different samples between marital satisfaction and the stages of family life cycle (6). According to some studies, sexual relationship is an important factor in marital satisfaction of the couples (7, 8). People usually judge about sexual satisfaction based on their marital satisfaction (9). Besides, it is believed that the concept of sexual satisfaction is intricately intertwined with marital satisfaction (10). Despite the existence of different patterns between marital satisfaction and stages of family life cycle, there already exist a correlation between sexual and marital satisfaction regardless of the stages of family life cycle (7,8,10-15).In addition, sexual

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“…It seems that sexual dysfunction in these people and their disrupted ability to establish favorable and satisfactory sexual relationships with their partners reduce their self-confidence and desire for reestablishing a sexual relationship and gradually distance them from their spouse and reduce intimacy and affection in the couple. A reduced quality of sexual relationships can lead to sexual dysfunction in women with substance-dependent spouses and result in the women's loss of interest in expressing their sexual desires and ultimately cause a lower sexual assertiveness [27]. Other studies have also shown that women with substance-dependent husbands have problems in the phases of sexual desire, arousal and orgasm, experience a reduced frequency of sex, a transformed attitude toward sex and even a disgust with sex, and the women's interest in expressing their sexual priorities and needs to their spouse and thereby their sexual assertiveness diminish [7,15,16].…”

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Sexual assertiveness in women with and without substance-dependent husbands: A comparative study

Haghparast

Riazi

Shams

et al. 2019

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Background Sexual assertiveness is one of the main issues in sexual relationship between couples. Since substance dependence might disrupt this relationship the present study was designed and conducted to assess and compare sexual assertiveness in women with and without substance-dependent husbands Methods This was a cross-sectional study. The Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness (HISA) was used. The data then were compared between women with and without substance-dependent husbands. Results In all 300 women with and without substance-dependent husbands entered into the study. The mean age of the women was 37.31±8.79 and 32.70±7.24 years, and the mean duration of their marriage was 15.92±9.40 and 12.08±8.92 years, respectively. The majority of women with substance-dependent husbands had primary education (40.3%) and the majority of those with non-substance-dependent husbands had higher (37.3%). The mean score of sexual assertiveness was 50.66±14.31 in the women with substance-dependent husbands and 58.42±13.86 in those with non-substance-dependent husbands (P<0.001). Conclusions The risk of lower assertiveness for women with substance-dependent husbands was 2.2 times more than women with non-substance-dependent husbands. The husband’s substance dependency is therefore an issue that is worthy of attention in sexual and marital counseling. Sexual assertiveness can be improved in women with substance-dependent husbands through the implementation of appropriate interventions, such as educational and counseling programs.

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The Role of Sexual Communication in Couples’ Sexual Outcomes: A Dyadic Path Analysis

Cited by 85 publications

References 38 publications

Sexual Portrait of Couples Seeking Relationship Therapy

Sexual Portrait of Couples Seeking Relationship Therapy

Correlation of Women’s Marital and Sexual Satisfaction in Different Family Life Cycle Stages in Khorram Abad, Iran

Sexual assertiveness in women with and without substance-dependent husbands: A comparative study

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