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Sex Therapists and the Problem of Sexual Desire Discrepancy in the Relationship

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03104-7

Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer, Weronika Chańska

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The Relationship Between Past Condom Use and Condom Use Intention Among Male Construction Worker Clients of Sex Workers in the Western Cape, South Africa: A Parallel Multiple Mediator Model

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03087-5

Kamal Yakubu, Paul Bowen, Rajen Govender

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“My First Threesome with Them Was a Religious Experience”: A Mixed-Methods Study of Symbiosexual Experiences

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03095-5

Sally W. Johnston

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A Content Analysis of Lay Definitions of Romantic Chemistry

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03105-6

Alexandra Liepmann, Eric Tu, Amy Muise

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Sexual Activity and Mental Health in Higher Education Students in Antwerp, Belgium During the COVID-19 Pandemic

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03062-6

Nina Van Eekert, Kimberly Jacobs, Veerle Buffel, Sarah Van de Velde

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Watching Porn, (Un)Doing Gender? Young People’s Experiences and Understandings of Online Porn

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03076-0

Claire Meehan

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The Changing Needs of Peer Support Among Gay Men Living with HIV in Australia: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03079-x

Neil Lucas, Glen Bates, Simone Buzwell

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Feeling Love and Lust: An Examination of Individualistic and Mutualistic Erotic Talk

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03082-w

Peter K. Jonason, Francesca Tobaldo, Ronja Zannoni, Katja Seiffert

{"title":"Feeling Love and Lust: An Examination of Individualistic and Mutualistic Erotic Talk","authors":"Peter K. Jonason, Francesca Tobaldo, Ronja Zannoni, Katja Seiffert","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03082-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03082-w","url":null,"abstract":"While for some (maybe even most), the act of sex may be a rather silent affair, others may communicate their needs, fantasies, and pleasure to their partners. However, research on this topic has several methodological and conceptual shortcomings. In heterosexual participants (N = 433; MAge = 30.97, SD = 9.22, range = 18–73), who spoke German (20%; 28 men), Italian (41%; 88 men), or English (39%; 118 men), we examined the expected amounts (i.e., affective forecasting) of feeling loved and sexually aroused in response to two kinds of erotic talk in men and women, in the context of committed (i.e., long-term) and casual (i.e., short-term) relationships, and in relation to love styles. While participants expected mutualistic talk (e.g., feedback) to generally be more enjoyable than individualistic (e.g., dominance) talk, it was especially appealing in the long-term, romantic relationship context, whereas arousal was expected to be more evocative in the short-term, casual sex than the long-term context, and men expected more enjoyment than women in response to individualistic than mutualistic talk. In addition, erotic talk appears to be part of a game-playing and manic love style, but much more about arousal than love responses in the short term than the long term. Our study provides new information about two classes of erotic talk, responses to that talk, and gender differences and contextual associations therein.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143393016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Multiparous Egyptian Women with Vaginal Laxity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03093-7

Doaa A. Abdel Hady

{"title":"Effect of Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Multiparous Egyptian Women with Vaginal Laxity: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Doaa A. Abdel Hady","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03093-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03093-7","url":null,"abstract":"Vaginal laxity (VL) is a common symptom of pelvic floor disorder, an underreported condition, and has a substantial impact on women's sex lives and relationships. The study aimed to determine the effect of transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) on women with VL. Fifty women with vaginal laxity were chosen from an outpatient clinic in Egypt. They were randomly split into two equal categories (A and B). Group A (n = 25) received pelvic floor exercises (PFE), while Group B (n = 25) received TTNS and PFE. Every week, both groups performed three sessions for three months. The outcomes were evaluated both before and following treatment using ultrasound imaging to assess pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function and the Female Sexual Function Index to measure sexual function. Vaginal Laxity Questionnaire (VLQ) were used to examine vaginal looseness. The analysis demonstrated a significant improvement in vaginal laxity in both groups. Post-treatment comparisons revealed a statistically significant difference in VLQ scores and PFM strength between Groups B and A. These findings indicate that TTNS is notably more effective in improving PFM activity and VLQ scores in women with vaginal laxity.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143385099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Representation of Young Non-Binary Characters in Mainstream Fiction

IF 3.8 2区社会学

Archives of Sexual Behavior Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03074-2

Vítor Blanco-Fernández, Ṣikemi Akinmade, María T. Soto-Sanfiel

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