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Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire
In this online cross-sectional survey study in a large community sample we investigated the associations between attachment-related relational needs, partner responsiveness, intimacy, and sexual desire, using structural equation modeling. Participants were heterosexual and non-heterosexual women and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234713 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.665967 |
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author | van Lankveld, Jacques J. D. M. Dewitte, Marieke Verboon, Peter van Hooren, Susan A. H. |
author_facet | van Lankveld, Jacques J. D. M. Dewitte, Marieke Verboon, Peter van Hooren, Susan A. H. |
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description | In this online cross-sectional survey study in a large community sample we investigated the associations between attachment-related relational needs, partner responsiveness, intimacy, and sexual desire, using structural equation modeling. Participants were heterosexual and non-heterosexual women and men. Intimacy and partner responsiveness correlated positively with sexual desire in all subsamples. Anxious attachment-related relational needs correlated positively with sexual desire. Avoidant attachment-related relational needs correlated negatively with sexual desire. Anxious and avoidant attachment-related needs, however, did not moderate the association between intimacy and sexual desire. Individuals with problems of low sexual desire may benefit from an emphasis in sex therapy on ways to increase (perceptions of) intimacy. |
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spelling | pubmed-82559642021-07-06 Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire van Lankveld, Jacques J. D. M. Dewitte, Marieke Verboon, Peter van Hooren, Susan A. H. Front Psychol Psychology In this online cross-sectional survey study in a large community sample we investigated the associations between attachment-related relational needs, partner responsiveness, intimacy, and sexual desire, using structural equation modeling. Participants were heterosexual and non-heterosexual women and men. Intimacy and partner responsiveness correlated positively with sexual desire in all subsamples. Anxious attachment-related relational needs correlated positively with sexual desire. Avoidant attachment-related relational needs correlated negatively with sexual desire. Anxious and avoidant attachment-related needs, however, did not moderate the association between intimacy and sexual desire. Individuals with problems of low sexual desire may benefit from an emphasis in sex therapy on ways to increase (perceptions of) intimacy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8255964/ /pubmed/34234713 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.665967 Text en Copyright © 2021 van Lankveld, Dewitte, Verboon and van Hooren. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology van Lankveld, Jacques J. D. M. Dewitte, Marieke Verboon, Peter van Hooren, Susan A. H. Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire |
title | Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire |
title_full | Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire |
title_fullStr | Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire |
title_full_unstemmed | Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire |
title_short | Associations of Intimacy, Partner Responsiveness, and Attachment-Related Emotional Needs With Sexual Desire |
title_sort | associations of intimacy, partner responsiveness, and attachment-related emotional needs with sexual desire |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34234713 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.665967 |
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