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Article: The ebb and flow of marital lust: a relational approach.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
- Author:
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In general, sexual motivation ensures continuation of the human species. However, on a day-to-day basis, sexual motivation (lust or sexual desire) plays an equally important role as one stimulus for social behavior toward desirable others. Literature on the motivational aspect of sexuality uses three terms somewhat interchangeably--lust, passion, and desire--and preliminary findings suggest these terms overlap to a significant extent in both heterosexual dating and same-sex committed relationships (Hunt et al., 2003; Gargle et al., 2004). In addition, there is empirical evidence that lay people perceive these terms to be semantically similar (Shaver, Schwartz, Kerson, & ...