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Intimacy, Sexual Desire and Differentiation in Couplehood: A Theoretical and Methodological Review

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Pages 263-280 | Published online: 25 Apr 2012

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Madison E. Stout, Samantha M. Meints & Adam T. Hirsh. (2018) Loneliness Mediates the Relationship Between Pain During Intercourse and Depressive Symptoms Among Young Women. Archives of Sexual Behavior 47:6, pages 1687-1696.
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Gurit E. Birnbaum. (2017) The Fragile Spell of Desire: A Functional Perspective on Changes in Sexual Desire Across Relationship Development. Personality and Social Psychology Review 22:2, pages 101-127.
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