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SUBMITTER: Wood J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7886188 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wood Jessica J Quinn-Nilas Christopher C Milhausen Robin R Desmarais Serge S Muise Amy A Sakaluk John J
PloS one 20210216 2
Intimate and sexual relationships provide opportunity for emotional and sexual fulfillment. In consensually non-monogamous (CNM) relationships, needs are dispersed among multiple partners. Using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and dyadic data from 56 CNM partnerships (112 individuals), we tested how sexual motives and need fulfillment were linked to relational outcomes. We drew from models of need fulfillment to explore how sexual motives with a second partner were associated with satisfaction i ...[more]