Associations between daily positive communication and sexual desire and satisfaction: an approach utilizing traditional analyses and machine learning.
Communication is an important component of many healthy sexual and romantic relationships. Positive communication strategies including expressing fondness and affection, exchanging compliments, and disclosing information about oneself with a partner are associated with relationship and sexual satisf...
| Publicado en: | Sexual & Relationship Therapy Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 1214 - 1240 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2024
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