ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2017
Sexuality in Older Couples: Individual and Dyadic Characteristics.
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- Sexual dysfunction and health condition in Chinese doctor: prevalence and risk factors.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
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- Whose health matters? Longitudinal analyses of older romantic couples' health, physical capabilities, and sexual experiences.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- Successful sexual aging: A narrative review using the multidimensional theoretical paradigm of systems sexology to explore sexual health in midlife and older adults.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Review
- It is not what you weigh, it is how you present it: body size, attractiveness, physical functioning, and access to partnership and sexuality for older men and women.Social forces; a scientific medium of social study and interpretation · 2025Article
- The Gendered Sexual Experiences and Marital Quality of Middle-Aged Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Sexual Expression and Subsequent Marital Quality Among Partnered Older Adults.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Sexuality and its effects on older adults' depressive symptoms and quality of life.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
- Physical Intimacy in Older Couples' Everyday Lives: Its Frequency and Links With Affect and Salivary Cortisol.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Takes Two to Tango: Cognitive Impairment and Sexual Activity in Older Individuals and Dyads.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- "Feeling It": Links between elements of compassion and sexual well-being.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Social Health in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Couple Analysis in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Older married couples' sexual expression: A dyadic latent class analysis.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2020Article
- Factors Conditioning Sexual Behavior in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Families in Later Life: A Decade in Review.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Successful aging, change in sexual interest and sexual satisfaction in couples from four European Countries.European journal of ageing · 2019Article
- Sexual Desire and Related Factors in Middle-Aged and Elderly Married Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2018Article
- Marriage, Social Control, and Health Behavior: A Dyadic Analysis of Same-sex and Different-sex Couples.Journal of health and social behavior · 2018Article
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Abstract
Sexuality is a key component of health and functioning that changes with age. Although most sexual activity takes place with a partner, the majority of research on sexuality has focused on individuals. In this paper, we focused on the sexual dyad. We proposed and tested a conceptual model of the predictors of partnered sexual activity in older adulthood. This model began with the personality of each of the partners, which affects individuals' views of sex and characteristics of the partnership, which in turn affected sexual expression in the couple. We measured a key feature of personality, Positivity, which reflected the individual's tendency to present his or herself positively in social situations. This trait, we posited, increased frequency of sex through increased desire for sex, and the subjective importance of sex to each member of the couple. In this model, Positivity also impacted characteristics of the relationship that promoted dyadic sexual behavior. These processes differed for men and women in the model. We tested this model with data from the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, which conducted personal interviews with both partners in 940 American dyads (average male age 72; average female age 69). We found that couples in which the husbands' (but not wives') were high in Positivity show higher levels of sexual activity, and that this association was partially mediated by dimensions of relationship quality, but more so by individual factors such as thinking about sex and believing sex is important.
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