Sexual satisfaction in premarital relationships: Associations with satisfaction, love, commitment, and stability

By Susan Sprecher. Journal of Sex Research, 2002

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Subfields: Demography, Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology

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Relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction: A longitudinal study of individuals in long‐term relationships (2005, background): “In addition, changes in sexual satisfaction were associated with changes in relationship satisfaction for these individuals in long-term relationships, as Sprecher (2002) found in her study of dating couples.”
Approach and avoidance sexual motives: Implications for personal and interpersonal well-being (2005, background): “More generally, feelings of satisfaction with the sexual aspects of an intimate relationship contribute to overall relationship satisfaction and stability over time (e.g., Sprecher, 2002; see review by Sprecher & Cate, 2004).”
The romantic partner conflict scale: A new scale to measure relationship conflict (2009, background): “Sexuality is also an important aspect of most romantic relationships (Sprecher, 2002); however, the relationship between conflict and sexuality has received little attention.”
Attachment orientations, sexual functioning, and relationship satisfaction in a community sample of women (2007, background): “Most probably, because those who are dissatisfied break up with their relational partners before they get to the phase of extreme relational and sexual dissatisfaction (Sprecher, 2002).”
Emotional intimacy, sexual desire, and sexual satisfaction among partnered heterosexual men (2014, background): “It contributes to the individual’s well-being, quality of life, mental health, and is also positively related to relationship stability and satisfaction (Ade-Ridder, 1990, Chao et al., 2011; Henderson-King & Veroff, 1994; Sprecher, 2002).”
The Madonna-Whore Dichotomy: Men Who Perceive Women's Nurturance and Sexuality as Mutually Exclusive Endorse Patriarchy and Show Lower Relationship Satisfaction (2018, background): “…expected men’s MWD endorsement to correlate positively with diminished sexual and, consequently, relationship satisfaction (see Butzer and Campbell 2008; Byers 2005; Heiman et al. 2011; Sprecher 2002; Sprecher and Cate 2004, for the link between sexual and relationship satisfaction) (Hypothesis 4).”
Alexithymia and satisfaction in intimate relationships (2009, background): “Success with these relationship maintenance behaviors has also been linked to relationship satisfaction (Dindia, 2000; Sprecher, Metts, Burleson, Hatfield, & Thompson, 1995), which is strongly linked with relationship stability (Sprecher, 2002).”
Sexual Frequency and the Stability of Marital and Cohabiting Unions (2009, background): “The relationship between sexual activity and union stability in cohabitations has been studied less, but the existing research finds that sexual satisfaction in nonmarital unions also promotes stability (Sprecher, 2002).”
Who is the “Self” in Self Reports of Sexual Satisfaction? Research and Policy Implications (2011, background): “When gender differences have been found, women often report higher satisfaction than men (Colson et al. 2006; Sprecher 2002; for exception, see Carpenter et al. 2009); however, recent critical work in this field of research has argued that women may hold lower expectations for sexual satisfaction an”
The relative impact of individual sexual desire and couple desire discrepancy on satisfaction in heterosexual couples (2012, background): “For example, high sexual desire among couples has been shown to have positive associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction (Sprecher, 2002; Yeh, Lorenz, Wickrama, Conger, & Elder, 2006).”
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND GROUP PROCESSES Maintaining Sexual Desire in Intimate Relationships: The Importance of Approach Goals (2008, neutral): “While a wealth of research has documented important links between sexual desire and relationship quality in intimate relationships (e.g., Regan, 2000; Sprecher, 2002; Yeh et al., 2006), much less research has investigated factors that may help promote and sustain sexual desire in relationships over ”
Decolonizing Liberation: Toward a Transnational Feminist Psychology (2015, background): “In fact, studies examining gender differences in sexual satisfaction find that overall men and women report equal levels of satisfaction (Henderson-King & Veroff, 1994; Purdon & Holdaway, 2006; see Hyde, 2005 for a review) or, in cases where gender differences do emerge, women tend to report being m”