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Culling the vast literature on sexuality, this comprehensive volume offers a timely, readable, and multidisciplinary portrait of sexuality in close relationships. Sprecher and McKinney take an extensive look at current theory and research in sexually-based primary relationships, paying close attention to sexual attitudes, sexual behaviors, sexual satisfaction, and sexual coercion. They discuss sexual patterns in several types of sexual relationships--dating, cohabitating, marital, and homosexual--and show how sexual aspects of these relationships are related to other characteristics, like love and communication. The authors also explore sexual standards, predictors of sexual attraction, sexual scripts, the initiation of sex, negotiating safe-sex behaviors, and which types of couples are most sexually satisfied--and why. "This volume is a rich source of information about ways that sexuality is interrelated to relationship phenomenon. It provides a valuable historical perspective on selected issues by reviewing older, significant pieces of research. At the same time, recent and important studies on current topics, are included; thus, the book is solidly based on research findings. In addition, a number of important methodological issues are presented in a clear understandable manner throughout the chapters. This makes the book ideal for instructors who want to emphasize to students that how research is conducted is an important influence on what we know about sexuality. Moreover, the tone and the high quality of the writing make it ideal for use in upper division undergraduate courses and graduate seminars, or for scholars who want to familiarize themselves with this area of investigation. Finally, the authors are to be complimented on their inclusion of different types of relationships." --Journal of Marriage and the Family

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• Attitudes About Sexuality in Close Relationships
• The Beginning of the Sexual Relationship
• Beginning Sex in the Close Relationship
• Sexual Behaviors and Satisfaction in Close Relationships
• Sexuality and Other Dimensions of the Close Relationship
• Sexual Coercion in Developing and Developed Relationships
• Epilogue

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In this monograph Sprecher and McKinney (Illinois State Univ.) provide a review of recent literature on sexuality in close relationships. Although an attempt is made to include research on lesbian and gay relationships most of the review is focused on studies of heterosexual relationships, with a disproportionate share of the data inevitably coming from studies of college students. The book provides a nice companion volume to their edited collection, Sexuality in Close Relationships (CH, Mar'92). The authors offer no new research findings nor do they offer a theoretical perspective to synthesize the material presented. Nonetheless, the research literature is effectively and concisely summarized. Among the subareas used to organize the findings are beginning sex, sexual behaviors and satisfaction, and sexual coercion. Given the fact that the authors do little to distinguish sex in close relationships from that in more casual relationships one is forced to question the usefulness of this as a substantive area of investigation. Only for comprehensive collections in the area of human sexuality. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty; professional. M. Gordon; University of Connecticut

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I am a social psychologist at Illinois State University. My primary appointment is in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, but I also have a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology.My major research interests focus on issues related to PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (romantic pairs, friendships, social networks). I have also conducted research on young adult (premarital) sexuality.Courses that I teach at ISU include: Social Psychology (Soc 223), Senior Experience (Soc 300), Personal Relationships (Soc 265), and a graduate seminar on Personal Relationships/Family (Soc 469).I received my Ph.D. in Sociology in 1985 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.