Parenthood changes couples' relationships across multiple domains, generally decreasing relationship quality, sexual satisfaction, and sexual frequency. Emerging research suggests that gay couples who are parenting might experience similar challenges. However, such changes might have even more profound implications for gay couples' health, and in particular their HIV risk, given the somewhat di...

PURPOSE This study had two aims: first, to examine the relationship between general sexual communication and contraceptive use in sexually active adolescent romantic couples, and second, to explore predictors of open communication from characteristics of adolescent couples and individual adolescents. METHODS Data were drawn from 209 couples dating a minimum of four weeks who participated in t...

s:1144:"Background: Sexuality and the desire for a child are strongly interconnected. The same applies to sexual disorders and the unfulfilled desire for a child. Aim: This article indicates the relations between sexual disorders and the unfulfilled desire for a child and outlines the potential effects of diagnostics and treatment in the context of reproductive medicine on the couples' sex...

This paper explores linkages between cohabiting couples‘ relative income contributions and their emotional and sexual lives. Drawing on data from forty individual, in-depth interviews with both partners in 20 couples (n=40), our findings suggest that when women are the primary breadwinners, they also perform the majority of emotion work. While we do not find that female breadwinning couples emp...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effect of sexual relationship enrichment program training on the sexual satisfaction of dual-career couples. Material and Methods: This research was a single-case experiment. The statistical population was all couples referred to the counseling center in Ardabil in 2019. In this study, three couples were purposefully selected as a sample. Larsonc...

background: the awareness regarding the contribution of sexual self-concept to healthy sexual well-being is on a rise. the multidimensional sexual self-concept questionnaire (msscq) was developed to assess the 20 aspects related to sexual self-concept and has been widely applied in western societies. the adequacy of its application in iran has not been determined in order to guaranty its reliab...

Background & Aims: Sexual satisfaction has been considered as one of the basic physiological needs, with significant impact on the health of individuals and society. In order to understand this concept better and dealing with crises and issues arising from it, the development of a specific questionnaire for measuring sexual satisfaction among Iranian couples is required. The present study aimed...

BACKGROUND Further studies are needed to evaluate the level of effectiveness and durability of HAART to reduce the risk of HIV sexual transmission in serodiscordant couples having unprotected sexual practices. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with prospective cohort of heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples where the only risk factor for HIV transmission to the uninfected partne...