{"title":"Hormones and Human Partnering","authors":"Sari M. van Anders, P. Gray","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2007.10559847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2007.10559847","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Research on the associations between hormones and human partnering represents an exciting advance in understanding human behavior, relationships, and sexuality. We review empirical literature on circulating hormones and human partnering (i.e., pair bonding, sexual/romantic relationships, pairing). We begin by reviewing steroids (e.g., androgens, estrogens, cortisol) and peptides (e.g., oxytocin, vasopressin). We then move on to androgen-partnering associations, attending to early stages of relationships, and partnering behaviors. A major focus includes relevant theoretical frameworks, possible directional or causal associations, and related controversies. We next cover associations between pair bonding, partnering behaviors, and both peptide (e.g., oxytocin) and stress hormones (e.g., cortisol). Following is a discussion of some contextual factors that might be important to understanding hormone-partnering associations, such as pregnancy or menopausal status. We conclude by summarizing and highlighting the main findings of partnering-hormone links and their implications; and we close by describing some of the challenges facing the field and some future directions given the field's current trajectory.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"18 1","pages":"60 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2007.10559847","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60205298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaron T. Goetz, T. Shackelford, S. Platek, Valerie G. Starratt, William F. McKibbin
{"title":"Sperm Competition in Humans: Implications for Male Sexual Psychology, Physiology, Anatomy, and Behavior","authors":"Aaron T. Goetz, T. Shackelford, S. Platek, Valerie G. Starratt, William F. McKibbin","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2007.10559845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2007.10559845","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract With the recognition afforded by evolutionary science that female infidelity was a recurrent feature of our evolutionary past has come the development of a new area of study within human mating: sperm competition. A form of male-male postcopulatory competition, sperm competition occurs when the sperm of two or more males concurrently occupy the reproductive tract of a female and compete to fertilize her ova. Just as males must compete for mates, if two or more males have copulated with a female within a sufficiently short period of time, the sperm from different males will compete for fertilizations. In the 2 decades since Smith (1984) first argued that sperm competition occurs in humans, this theory has been enriched with new ideas and discoveries. We review the recent theoretical and empirical work on human sperm competition, identify limitations and challenges of the research, and highlight important directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"18 1","pages":"1 - 22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2007.10559845","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60205323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plant-Derivatives and Herbs Used for the Promotion of Sexual Health and the Treatment of Sexual Problems","authors":"D. Rowland, Mark Burek, L. Macías","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2007.10559852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2007.10559852","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract With the increasing use of natural remedies to promote sexual health and treat sexual problems, there is continuing need to monitor research progress supporting both their efficacy and plausibility. In this analysis, we update and expand upon an earlier review of herbal remedies—known as dietary supplements—promoted for sexual health. Specifically, we catalog the ingredients of a sample of products currently on the market, indicate changes in the prevalent ingredients in these products, and critically review the research literature, when it exists, supporting the inclusion of specific herbal ingredients. We conclude with an assessment of progress (or in some instances, lack of progress) made over the past 5 years and identify potential barriers to significant corporate or government-sponsored investment into this line of research.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"18 1","pages":"225 - 257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2007.10559852","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60205704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erectile Dysfunction: Science and Medicine","authors":"A. Burnett","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2006.10559838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559838","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Much progress has been made over the past 20 years in the science and medicine of erectile dysfunction. Advances in knowledge of the basic mechanisms of penile erection and that associated with its pathophysiology have been impressively translated into an expanding range of therapies, which have increasingly enabled natural erectile responses. Despite this progress, ideal interventions for erectile dysfunction should fully restore natural erectile ability without the need for repeated treatments. Progress in the field is expected to address this limitation and to arise from new discoveries of erectile mechanisms and novel approaches to deliver corrective therapy.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"17 1","pages":"101 - 115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60204987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexual Therapy in the Age of Pharmacotherapy","authors":"S. Althof","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2006.10559839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559839","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Combining medical and psychological interventions for individuals or couples with sexual dysfunction offers an alternative approach to therapy that enhances efficacy, treatment and relational satisfaction, and decreases patient discontinuation. By combining the power of both and changing the way we deliver psychological care, patients may, in the long-term, derive greater benefit. I review the literature on combined therapy and propose one paradigm for combined therapy. This paradigm serves only as a model to be improved upon or extensively modified. Such combined treatment models must be conceptually sound and be subjected to reproducibility and sophisticated analysis.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"17 1","pages":"116 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559839","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60205062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Satisfaction in Marriage and Committed Heterosexual Relationships: Past, Present, and Future","authors":"M. McCabe","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2006.10559836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559836","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A broad range of factors impacts the satisfaction that people experience in committed and marital relationships. The present paper evaluates the impact of these factors. First, I consider changes in the research focus in the last 50 years, changes driven partly by the methodologies employed to evaluate marital satisfaction and partly by the factors seen as constituting a satisfying relationship. Next, I evaluate recent research to identify the impact of individual (e.g., work, health, power, roles) and interpersonal (e.g., violence, communication) factors at different stages of both the relationship cycle and life cycle. This research makes clear that relationship satisfaction is determined by a myriad of factors and that the relative importance of these factors likely varies among couples. Finally, I propose suggestions for future research in this area, including the need to focus on the function of both positive and negative variables related to marital satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"17 1","pages":"39 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559836","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60204430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editor's Introduction","authors":"David L. Rowland","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2006.10559834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"17 1","pages":"i - i"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60204271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cannabinoids, Reproduction, and Sexual Behavior","authors":"B. Gorzalka, M. Hill","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2006.10559840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559840","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Cannabis is a widely used recreational drug that elicits a large proportion of its effects through activation of an endogenous mechanism, the endocannabinoid system. The aim of this review is to examine the current state of the literature regarding the effects of cannabis and the potential role of the endocannabinoid system on sexual behavior and reproductive physiology. Largely consistent results reveal that in both men and women, cannabis use is adverse for reproductive processes, whereas its effects on sexual behavior and arousability are both dose-dependent and sex-specific. Accumulating evidence indicates an increasingly important role for the endocannabinoid system in regulating reproductive processes. Receptors responsive to cannabinoid agents are distributed throughout the entire body, including the hypothalamus, testes, and ovaries. Recent evidence now demonstrates the presence of cannabinoid receptors in sperm and within the uterus, attesting to the potential role of the endocannabinoid system at every level of the reproductive process from maintenance of sexual activity to embryonic implantation. The endocannabinoid system may possess the very realistic possibility of being a relevant system for the development of drugs that may help to treat erectile dysfunction, sexual arousal and desire disorders, and fertility in both men and women.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"17 1","pages":"132 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559840","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60204794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies in the Treatment of Paraphilias: A Critical Review","authors":"William L. Marshall, L. E. M. Ma, G. Serran","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2006.10559841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559841","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We describe approaches to treatment of persons with paraphilias, although the majority of treatment programs described in the literature target just sexual offenders. We identify several issues of ongoing disagreement within the field and provide data on long-term treatment outcome.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"17 1","pages":"162 - 182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559841","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60205078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological Outcome in Children with Disorders of Sex Development: Implications for Treatment and Understanding Typical Development","authors":"S. Berenbaum","doi":"10.1080/10532528.2006.10559835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559835","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Much scientific and public attention has been focused on controversies regarding the treatment of people with disorders of sex development (DSD, informally called intersex), particularly the basis for sex assignment, the need for and consequences of “gender-confirming” genital surgery, the mental health consequences of treatment, and the relative contributions to gender development of genes, hormones, and socialization. Evidence relevant to these controversies is reviewed and considered for its implications for treating individuals with DSDs, and for understanding typical and atypical psychological development in the general population.","PeriodicalId":79558,"journal":{"name":"Annual review of sex research","volume":"17 1","pages":"1 - 38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10532528.2006.10559835","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60204371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}