Condom negotiation is typically a dyadic process, influenced by a host of factors that can
impact sexual health decision-making. The current paper investigated the influence of�…

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Many school‐based abstinence‐only sex education curricula
state that sexual activity outside of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological effects�…

This chapter provides a comprehensive review of current research on children's and
adolescents' sexual motivations, desires, and behaviors, and the multiple factors that�…

For 25 years, the predominant evolutionary theory of romantic love has been Fisher's theory
of independent emotion systems. That theory suggests that sex drive, romantic attraction�…

Previous research has postulated effects of environmental stress on ingroup/outgroup
thinking: The higher the pathogenic risk and the perceived vulnerability to it, the higher the�…

I make a contribution to the sociology of epistemologies by examining the neuroscience
literature on love from 2000 to 2016. I find that researchers make consequential�…

Women's Lives integrates the most current research and social issues to explore the
psychological diversity of girls and women varying in age, ethnicity, social class, nationality�…

Recent research has characterized romantic love as overlapping with but distinct from
sexual desire. We explore whether romantic orientation—the preferred gender (s) of�…

Romantic love and sexual desire have often been seen as two distinct constructs and
studied separately. However, in most romantic relationships love, desire, and sex are�…

Starting with a review of research on love as an emotion, with an emphasis on romantic love,
it is argued that despite strong emotional correlates evidence is lacking to conclude that love�…