Juhola, Elina (2022) The Effect of Sexual Creativity on Sexual and Relationship Functioning in Long-term Couples – a Randomized Controlled Trial. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
A decline in sexual functioning is often observed in long-term relationships. The main problem couples face is sexual boredom resulting from habituation and familiarity as a function of relationship length. Increasing sexual creativity has been proposed as an effective way to improve sexual and relationship satisfaction in long-term relationships. The current study tested the effectiveness of an online sexual creativity intervention on sexual and relationship satisfaction and sexual boredom. Participants (N=230) were between the age of 18 and 60 and in heterosexual monogamous long-term (< 18 months) relationship. The study had two parallel groups to which the participants were randomly allocated to: the intervention condition (n=98) included weekly creative sexual tasks, while the control condition (n=132) consisted of weekly neutral sexual tasks. Small increases in sexual novelty and sexual satisfaction were observed over time. However, no differences were found between the groups in sexual satisfaction or sexual novelty, suggesting that the intervention was not effective. Further, no significant effects were found on relationship satisfaction or sexual boredom. Future interventions should target couples with high levels of sexual boredom and sexual dissatisfaction and focus on the role of communication and prioritizing sexual relationship.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Borg, C. and Jong, P.J. de |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2022 07:13 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2022 07:13 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/741 |
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