Sexual health has provided a guiding framework for addressing sexuality in public health for
several decades. Although the WHO definition of sexual health is revolutionary in …

Intimate Relationships covers both classic and current material in a concise yet thorough
and rigorous manner. Chapters range from attraction to love, attachment to jealousy …

Abstract Framed through the Communication Theory of Identity (CTI), the present study
explored how CTI's construct of identity gaps, or discrepancies between different aspects of …

The largely interdisciplinary literature on sexual compliance, or consensual but unwanted
sexual activity, primarily focuses on its function and consequence as a gendered relational …

The present study presents a typology of identity gaps (Hecht,), or cognitive, affective, and
behavioral discrepancies between and among different parts of the self, that emerge in …

Sexual talk is a type of verbal communication that occurs exclusively during sexual activity
and that is specific to the sexual activity itself. Previous research has identified two types of …

Stemming intimate partner violence among adults demands earlier education and skill-
building supportive of healthy youth and young adult dating relationships. The current US …

ABSTRACT Framed through the Communication Theory of Identity, the present study
investigates strategies individuals in less normative relationships (eg, LGBTQ relationships …

Contemporary scholarship has begun to focus more on understanding the myriad health
disparities (eg, sexual anxiety, depression) related to sexual identity and its correlates …

Sex toys are easily accessible in many countries in the Western world. Yet, cross-country
studies on sex toy ownership and use and their association with relationship, sexual, and life …