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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Sexual Communication"”.
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Mechanisms of turbulence, sexual intimacy challenges, and sexual communication in depressed couples
… to unique and pervasive challenges to their sexual relationship (Baldwin, 2001; Cleveland Clinic, 2014; Delaney, 2016). Delaney (2016) documented depression-related sexual intimacy challenges as multi-layered and including lost libido, cognitive barriers, and interactive dilemmas, but a …
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The Safer Sexual Communication Practices of Transgender Adults: Implications for HIV Prevention
HIV prevention efforts stress interpersonal communication skills and their protective benefits; however, research on sexual communication has lagged behind interventions and campaigns that emphasize communication. Communication-centered HIV prevention interventions are limited by our nascent …
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Sexual script flexibility, sexual satisfaction, and sexual communication: comparison between bisexual and heterosexual identifying cisgender women
Although a sizable body of research has utilized sexual script theory to examine factors related to sexual health, it has rarely been applied to cisgender bisexual women. Further, much of the existing research on sexual health is rooted in heteronormative and mononormative schemas that fail to …
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The Sexual Communication of Socially Anxious Individuals in Intimate Relationships: Exploring the Connection Between Social Anxiety and Relationship Satisfaction
… et al., 2005), lower satisfaction with their sexual communication with their intimate partners (Montesi et al., 2009), less self-disclosure (e.g., Sparrevohn & Rapee, 2009), and less emotional expression (e.g., Spokas et al., 2009) than non-anxious individuals. In comparison to non-anxious …
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Religiosity, Family Sexual Communication & Gender as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Oral Sex Among College/University Students in the United States
… was to investigate whether religiosity, family sexual communication and gender were predictors of attitudes toward oral sex among college/university students in the United States.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Participants completed several surveys, which measured participants' personal religiosity, …
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The Influence of Pornography Consumption, Religiosity, and Family Sexual Communication on Emerging Adults' Engagement in Hookup Culture in the United States
… pornography consumption, religiosity, and family sexual communication, on the sexual values and behaviors of the emerging adult population. Particularly, how pornography consumption, religiosity, and family sexual communication influence emerging adult engagement in hookup culture was …
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The Influence of Parental Communication About Sexual Health on Quality of Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships
… research on relationships between parent-child communication about sexuality and sexual communication between adult partners is currently lacking. The current study aims to examine the influence of parent-child sexual communication on adult sexual communication when those children reach …
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An Examination of Cognitive and Behavioral Referents of Acculturation and Their Impact on Predictors and Frequency of Sexual Communication Between Mexican-Origin Parents and Their Young Children
Effective familial communication regarding adolescent sexual health is recurrently identified as an important protective factor against high-risk sexual behavior, and is considered a valuable and necessary component of prevention. This is especially true for Latino adolescents who are …
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Not talking about sex : indirect parental communication and risky adolescent sexual behavior
… of participant reported indirect parental sexual communication. Undergraduate psychology students (N=297) were given an online survey which was utilized to investigate the relationship between participant reported indirect parental sexual communication and self-reported risky adolescent …
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Intergenerational Patterns of Sexual Risk Among Adolescents and Their Mothers
… However, research on the broader topic of sexual risk possibly being intergenerationally linked is starkly limited. Family context, namely parent-adolescent communication, may largely influence adolescent sexual risk. The purpose of this study was to investigate intergenerational patterns …
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Microbicides, sexuality and sexual health in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… compatible with socio-cultural norms regarding sexuality and sexual health in a predominantly rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Using qualitative and quantitative data collected as part of the MDP 301 clinical trial at the Africa Centre, I adopt a mixed methods approach to evaluate …
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The Influence of Parental and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Characteristics on Sexual Trajectories from Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Using the perspective of sexual script theory (Gagnon & Simon, 1973) and growth curve modeling, this study examined whether characteristics of parents and parent-adolescent connectedness influence change in lifetime number of sexual partners from adolescence through young adulthood. Living in a …
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Attractive silences in cricket courtship song : mate choice using a short-range signal /
Matings systems using signals for sexual communication have been studied extensively and results commonly suggest that females use these signals for locating males, species-identification, and mate choice. Although numerous mating systems employ multiple signals, research has generally focused on …
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Development of a novel, clinically-relevant model for investigating factors that stimulate human hair growth
… distress due to hair's role in social and sexual communication. Only limited pharmacological agents are currently available to stimulate hair growth; their development is hampered by inappropriate model systems. Most research involves large terminal scalp follicles rather than the clinical …
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Positive sexual consent: an investigation into perception and communication of positive sexual consent in heterosexual couples in the UK.
This research examines sexual communication and positive sexual consent shared by sexually intimate couples. Sexual consent here is defined as both, the internal choice to engage in a sexual act with another and the communication of that choice to that other concerned. Primary research comprised of …
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Talking about rape: a discursive study of convicted adult rapists' accounts of rape
… into said system and the ambiguity surrounding sexual consent. This thesis has drawn on data generated from eighteen semi-structured interviews and one focus group with men who have been convicted of (acquaintance) rape/aggravated rape. In doing so, this research has utilised critical discursive …
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Icelandic youth perceptions of sexuality education from parents
… was to examine Icelandic youths’ perceptions of sexuality education provided by parents. There is limited research in the literature that examine youths’ perspectives of sexual education, especially how Icelandic youth experienced their parents as sexual educators and communicators. The sample …
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Factors Affecting Sexting Behaviors Among Selected Undergraduate Students
… (i.e. sending, posting, or sharing/forwarding sexually suggestive messages, nude/semi-nude pictures/videos, or both) among selected undergraduate students and also to determine relationships among attitudes toward sexting, subjective norms toward sexting, self-esteem levels, sexting behavioral …
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