Sexual communal motivation in couples coping with low sexual interest/arousal: Associations with sexual well-being and sexual goals.

ABSTRACT: Women coping with female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD) report lower sexual and relationship satisfaction compared to healthy controls. In community samples, high sexual communal strength (i.e., the motivation to meet a partner's sexual needs) is associated with higher sexual desire and satisfaction, but high unmitigated sexual communion (i.e., the prioritization of a partner's needs to the exclusion of one's own needs) is associated with lower sexual satisfaction. People higher in sexual communal strength report engaging in sex for approach goals (i.e., to enhance intimacy in their relationship), but not for avoidance goals (i.e., to avert conflict or a partner's disappointment) and this is one reason why they report greater sexual desire. In the current sample of 97 women diagn

SUBMITTER: Hogue JV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6636740 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature