TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in Commitment and Sexual Satisfaction
T2 - Trajectories in Couple Therapy
AU - Seiter, Natasha S.
AU - Quirk, Kelley
AU - Hardy, Nathan
AU - Zinbarg, Richard E.
AU - Goldsmith, Jacob Z.
AU - Pinsof, William M.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine the covarying relationship between commitment and sexual satisfaction in committed relationships throughout the course of couple therapy. A sample of 366 heterosexual couples completed questionnaires regarding sexual satisfaction and commitment at each of the first five sessions of couple therapy. Cross-lagged panel analyses revealed that, between the first and second therapy sessions, there was a bidirectional relationship between commitment and sexual satisfaction, with each variable at the first session predicting the other at the second session. In addition, sexual satisfaction at the second session predicted commitment at the third session.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine the covarying relationship between commitment and sexual satisfaction in committed relationships throughout the course of couple therapy. A sample of 366 heterosexual couples completed questionnaires regarding sexual satisfaction and commitment at each of the first five sessions of couple therapy. Cross-lagged panel analyses revealed that, between the first and second therapy sessions, there was a bidirectional relationship between commitment and sexual satisfaction, with each variable at the first session predicting the other at the second session. In addition, sexual satisfaction at the second session predicted commitment at the third session.
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U2 - 10.1080/0092623X.2019.1677274
DO - 10.1080/0092623X.2019.1677274
M3 - Article
C2 - 31661426
AN - SCOPUS:85074923592
VL - 46
SP - 296
EP - 302
JO - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
JF - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
SN - 0092-623X
IS - 3
ER -