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Article: Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Self-Disclosure Within Dating Relationships.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- May 1, 1999
- Author:
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Good communication has frequently been identified as important to developing and maintaining a rewarding and problem-free sexual relationship (Chesney, Blakeney, Cole, &Chan, 1981; Ferroni & Taffee, 1997). A number of authors have argued that, specifically, self-disclosing sexual likes and dislikes--that is, desired and undesired sexual techniques--to a partner leads to greater sexual satisfaction and fewer sexual problems (LoPiccolo & LoPiccolo, 1978; Metts & Cupach, 1989; Russell, 1990). Despite the often stated importance of sexual self-disclosure, there has been relatively little research on the topic. The purpose of this study was to investigate dating individuals' ...