PSYC 362 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Threeweeks

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 362
• Professor: Yuthika Girme

Document Summary

Good, giving, and game: the relationship benefits of communal sexual motivation. People who are more motivated to meet their partner"s sexual needs have partners who are more satisfied and more committed to their relationship. Sexual communal strength: motivation to meet a partner"s sexual needs. Authors testing the prediction that people with high sexual communal strength have partners who are more satisfied and committed to their relationships. Frequency and quality of sex contributes to ssatisfaction in romantic relationships. Couples who have sex often report high relationship satisfaction and are less likely to break up . Decisions about sex within a relationship can be tricky; thus, it"s interesting to consider whether motivation to meet partners" sexual needs contributes to relationships. In close relationships, people can vary in the extent to which they feel responsible for meeting their partner"s needs . Researchers wanted to investigate what the benefits for the partner in terms of sexual communal strength.