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1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Definitions of Sexuality and Close Relationships -- Sexuality, Close Relationships: Two Distinct Research Areas?; Recent Interface Between These Two Areas; Overview of the Volume; Overview of Each Chapter; References; 1. Methodological and Conceptual Issues in the Study of Sexuality in Close Relationships; Introduction; Research on Sexuality in General; Research Specifically Aimed at Investigating Sexuality and Close Relationships; Important Perspectives on What is Lacking in the Research; Summary; References |
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2. Love and SexualityLove and Sexuality; Definitions of Love and Sexuality; A Dimension for Organizing Social Science Approaches to Sexuality and Love; Another Dimension-What People Think About Love and Sexuality; Sexuality and Love as Two Expressions of a Third, Underlying Motive, as Described by the Self-Expansion Model; A Final Note; References; 3. Emotions and Sexuality; Emotion; Emotion in Close Relationships; Emotion as an Antecedent of Sexual Expression; Emotion as a Component of Sexual Expression; Emotion as a Consequence of Sexual Activity; Sexual Jealousy; Summary and Conclusions |
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6. Factors Affecting Sexual Decisions in the Premarital Relationships of Adolescents and Young AdultsPremarital Sexual Decision Making; Early and Middle Adolescent Sexual Decision Making; Older Adolescents and Young Adults; References; 7. Extradyadic Relationships and Sexual Jealousy; Jealousy and Extradyadic Relationships; Jealousy and Extradyadic Relationships in Traditional Relationships; Jealousy and Extradyadic Relationships in Nontraditional Relationships; Conclusion; References; 8. Sexual Violence and Coercion in Close Relationships |
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The Prevalence of Sexual Coercion in Close RelationshipsCauses of Sexual Coercion in Close Relationships; Consequences of Sexual Coercion in Close Relationships; Conclusions; References; 9. Sexuality in Homosexual and Heterosexual Couples; Justification for a Scientific Interest in Homosexual Couples; Sexuality in Homosexual Versus Heterosexual Couples; A Study of Sexuality in Homosexual and Heterosexual Couples; Answers to the Questions of Interest; Relevance of Findings and Suggestions for Future Research; Conclusions; References; Afterword: Couples and Coupling |
| Summary |
This is one of the first volumes to examine the interface between research undertaken in sexuality and that in close relationships from a social psychological perspective. Experts from several different disciplines offer chapters that contain theory, extant literature, and their own original research on such topics as jealousy, extradyadic sexuality, communication, love, and sexual coercion. Aimed at a fairly wide audience, this book will be of interest to students, faculty, and other professionals in social psychology, sociology, communication, and family and women's studies. It is also a val |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Sex.
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Sex (Psychology)
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Interpersonal relations.
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Sex customs -- United States
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Sex (Biology)
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Interpersonal Relations
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Sex
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Sexual Behavior
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sexuality.
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sex (biological characteristic)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Sex (Biology)
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Interpersonal relations
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Sex
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Sex customs
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Sex (Psychology)
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United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McKinney, Kathleen
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Sprecher, Susan, 1955-
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| ISBN |
9781317783503 |
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1317783506 |
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