Distress About Sex: A National Survey of Women in Heterosexual Relationships

By J. Bancroft, J. Loftus, J. Scott Long. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2003

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Accounting for Women’s Orgasm and Sexual Enjoyment in College Hookups and Relationships (2012, background): “Some research focuses on relationship quality (Bancroft et al. 2003; Kaschak and Tiefer 2001), while other work focuses on commitment (Waite and Joyner 2001a, 2001b).”
What Makes Women Experience Desire? (2008, background): “Bancroft et al. (2003) investigated which sexual problems predicted sexual distress in a random sample of 815 North American sexually active heterosexual women aged 20–65.”
Sexual satisfaction in committed relationships (2009, background): “In a nationally representative study of 987 women ages 20 to 65, Bancroft, Loftus, and Long (2003) found that one quarter of the women in their sample clearly had been distressed about their relationship or their own sexuality in the previous month.”
Sexual Problems and Distress in United States Women: Prevalence and Correlates (2008, background): “Two studies reported low desire more frequently in older than younger women, but sexually related distress was more common in younger women.(2,11) The association of age with problems of orgasm and arousal is inconsistent,(1,27) but an age-related increase in lubrication problems is well documented.”