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Sexual Satisfaction Among Couples: The Role of Attachment Orientation and Sexual Motives

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Audrey Brassard, Mégane Vallée-Destrempes, Marie-Andrée Binet, Anne Brault-Labbé, Marie-France Lafontaine & Katherine Péloquin. (2023) Attachment, Sexual Motives, and Sexual Satisfaction among Couples Expecting their First Child. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 49:7, pages 755-771.
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Noémie Beaulieu, Audrey Brassard, Sophie Bergeron & Katherine Péloquin. (2022) Why do you have sex and does it make you feel better? Integrating attachment theory, sexual motives, and sexual well-being in long-term couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 39:12, pages 3753-3774.
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Ke Yu, Dongfang Yu & Renhui Zhou. (2022) A Short-Term Longitudinal Investigation of Insecure Attachments and Hooking Up Among Chinese College Students. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 19:4, pages 1997-2006.
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Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Kimberly J. Mitchell, Zohar Spivak-Lavi & Shane W. Kraus. (2021) Attachment insecurities and body image self-consciousness among women: The mediating role of pornography use. Computers in Human Behavior 124, pages 106916.
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Sierra D. Peters & Andrea L. Meltzer. (2021) Newlywed Couples’ Own and Partner Sexual Disgust Sensitivities Interact to Predict Their Marital Satisfaction Through Their Sexual Satisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior 50:6, pages 2563-2577.
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Chanae M. Valdez, Nathan D. Leonhardt & Dean M. Busby. (2020) Sexual Passion and Attachment: Sexual Passion Style as a Mediator between Attachment Insecurity and Sexual Satisfaction in Committed Relationships. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 47:3, pages 614-628.
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Ateret Gewirtz‐Meydan & Ricky Finzi‐Dottan. (2020) Psychological Abuse as a Mediator Between Insecure Attachment Orientations and Relationship Satisfaction. Family Relations 70:2, pages 498-513.
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Giulia Casu, Mónica Guzmán-González, Ricardo Espinoza-Tapia, Lusmenia Garrido-Rojas, Jaime Barrientos & Fabiola Gómez. (2021) Dyadic Invariance of the Positive Sexuality Scale in Chilean Heterosexual Couples. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:3, pages 1190.
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Stephanie Raposo, Emily A. Impett & Amy Muise. (2020) Avoidantly Attached Individuals Are More Exchange-Oriented and Less Communal in the Bedroom. Archives of Sexual Behavior 49:8, pages 2863-2881.
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Dean M. Busby, Veronica Hanna-Walker & Jeremy B. Yorgason. (2020) A closer look at attachment, sexuality, and couple relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 37:4, pages 1362-1385.
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Hannah Muetzelfeld, Allison Megale & Myrna L. Friedlander. (2020) Problematic Domains of Romantic Relationships as a Function of Attachment Insecurity and Gender. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 41:1, pages 80-90.
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Alicia Nunez Segovia, Jessica A. Maxwell, Miranda G. DiLorenzo & Geoff MacDonald. (2019) No strings attached? How attachment orientation relates to the varieties of casual sexual relationships. Personality and Individual Differences 151, pages 109455.
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Sara Noruzi, Masoume Maarefvand, HamidReza Khanke & Mostafa Eghlima. (2019) A Qualitative Research on Couples' Sexual Satisfaction With Emphasis on Individual Socio-Cultural Factors. Caspian Journal of Health Research 4:4, pages 105-109.
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Jean-François Jodouin, Sophie Bergeron, Frédérique Desjardins & Erick Janssen. (2018) Sexual Behavior Mediates the Relationship Between Sexual Approach Motives and Sexual Outcomes: A Dyadic Daily Diary Study. Archives of Sexual Behavior 48:3, pages 831-842.
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