Predictors of Extradyadic Sexual Involvement in Unmarried Opposite-Sex Relationships

Does college-based relationship education decrease extradyadic involvement in relationships?

We used latent growth curve modeling to examine the effectiveness of a relationship education intervention (Relationship U, or RU) on rates of extradyadic involvement in a sample of 380 college students in committed romantic relationships. RU is designed to be integrated into existing college courses; it educates students about partner selection, making healthy relationship transitions, communi...

PRoBLeM DRInKInG AnD eXtRADYADIC seX In YoUnG ADULt RoMAntIC ReLAtIonsHIPs

152 © 2016 Guilford Publications, Inc. This research was supported by a Department of Health and Human Services Grant 90FE0022 awarded to Frank Fincham. Any opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies. We thank Eli Finkel for comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript and Tarr...

Domestic partnership benefits: why not offer them to same-sex partners and unmarried opposite sex partners?

Lived experience of women having emotional relationships with the opposite sex before marriage.

Introduction: One of the most important human relationships is marriage, which due to the extensive changes in the world society as well as in Iran, today the relationship with the opposite sex is considered one of the most challenging relationships. The purpose of the present research was to discover the lived experience of married women who had an emotional relationship with the opposite sex ...

Prevalence and meanings of exchange of money or gifts for sex in unmarried adolescent sexual relationships in sub-Saharan Africa.

Using national survey data collected in 2004 in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda with 12-19 year olds, we examine the prevalence of sex in exchange for money or gifts in the 12 months prior to the survey and its association with adolescents' social and economic vulnerability and condom use. Receiving something in exchange for sex is very common among sexually active, unmarried female ado...