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Article: Some types of stress are more likely to lead to sexual problems in couple relationships.(Sex Research Update)
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
- Author:
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It is commonly assumed within both the health professional and lay communities that everyday stress contributes to the development of sexual dysfunctions. However, very little research has assessed the impact that different types of stress may have on the occurrence of sexual problems, particularly within couple relationships.
Bodenmann, Ledermann, Blattner, et al. (2006) conducted one of the first studies to comprehensively investigate the association between different kinds of stress and different sexual problems in men and women living in close relationships. The authors distinguished between three types of stress. Internal stress originates within the couple ...