Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
BAD SEX: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution46
Predictors of Perceived Positive and Negative Consequences of Sexual Compliance32
The Role of Vaginal Penetration Skills and Vaginal Penetration Behavior in Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder31
Reviewer List 202228
Women’s Cognitive and Emotional Appraisal of Sex Pictures: The Predictive Role of Age, Exposure Time, and Sexual Beliefs24
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage16
Insecure Attachment and Sexual Satisfaction: A Path Analysis Model Integrating Sexual Mindfulness, Sexual Anxiety, and Sexual Self-Esteem15
Do Not Neglect the Covid-19 Transmission Through Sexual Intercourse15
“Ethical Care in Secret”: Qualitative Data from an International Survey of Exploratory Therapists Working with Gender-Questioning Clients14
An Intersectional Approach to Sex Therapy: Centering the Lives of Black, Indigenous, Racialized, and People of Color14
Development and Validation of a Scale for Assessing the Interference of Chronic Primary Pain Conditions in Sexual Functioning: The Sex-Pain Questionnaire13
Talking About Sexting: Association Between Parental Factors and Quality of Communication About Sexting With Adolescent Children in Jewish and Arab Society in Israel13
Effect of Tribulus Terrestris in the Treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction and Clitoral Vascularization. Results of a Randomized Study Comparing Two Different Dosage Regimes12
Sexuality Assessment of the Brazilian Population: An Integrative Review of the Available Instruments12
Is Basson’s Model of Sexual Response Relevant? A Commentary12
Outcomes of Vaginismus Therapy Assessed by Penetrative Intercourse, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Marital Satisfaction12
Meanings of Rough Sex across Gender, Sexual Identity, and Political Ideology: A Conditional Covariance Approach11
“A Woman Should Still Be a Woman” – A Grounded Theory of the Origins of Sexual Pain and Difficulties with Intercourse11
Sexual Function of Male Survivors of Hematological Malignancy Treated by Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Multicenter Controlled Observational Study10
Sexual Coercion and Harassment of Students with Disabilities in a Public University in Ghana10
Religious Piety and Sexual Passion: What Is the Connection?10
“If Their Face Starts Turning Purple, You Are Probably Doing Something Wrong”: Young Men’s Experiences with Choking During Sex10
Reasons for Moral-Based Opposition to Pornography in a U.S. Nationally Representative Sample9
Sexual Experiences and Beliefs Vary by Patterns of Pornography Genre Preferences Among Women9
Exploring the Associations of Personality and Sexual Health Using the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders8
Attachment Insecurities and Sexual Coercion in Same- and Cross-Gender Couples: The Mediational Role of Couple Communication Patterns8
The Interplay of Worry and Relationship Satisfaction to Understand Sexual Distress: An APIM Study with Heterosexual Couples Using Cross-Sectional Data8
Subjective effects and perceived mechanisms of change of cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based online interventions for low sexual desire in women8
Luring the Elusive: Narratives about Sexual Desire for One’s Partner by Women and Men in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships8
Multidimensional Sexual Well-being Scale for Older Adults: Validity Evidence from a Polish Sample8
Reasons people refrain from sex in later life8
The Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies for Sexual Function and Mental Health: A Cluster Analytical Approach8
Qualitative Analysis of Minor Attracted Persons’ Subjective Experience: Implications for Treatment8
Women’s Help-Seeking Behaviors for Sexual Health Issues and the Related Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study from Iran8
Ensuring Care for Transgender Adolescents Who Need It: Response to ‘Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents and Young Adults’7
Exploring Women’s State-Level Anxiety in Response to Virtual Reality Erotica7
Premature Ejaculation Measures During Partnered Sex and Masturbation: What These Findings Tell Us About the Nature and Rigidity of Premature Ejaculation7
Mindfulness and Sexual Dysfunction: A Systematic Research Synthesis7
Lamotrigine-Induced Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder and a Potential Treatment7
Relationship of Objectified Short-Form Videos Exposure to Satisfaction and Objectification in Relationships Among Chinese Women: A Pilot Study7
Correction6
Physical Activity Protects Women with Type 1 Diabetes from Sexual Dysfunctions6
Forbidden Fantasies: A Qualitative Exploration of the Content of Sexual Fantasies of Adults Reporting Sexual Attraction to Minors6
Experiences of Female Partners of People Transitioning Gender: A Feminist Interpretive Metasynthesis6
Sexual life experiences of women with diabetes: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies6
Coping, social support and medical factors on psychosocial impact in couples experiencing infertility6
Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults6
Development and Validation of the Metacognitions about Sex Scale: Exploring its Role as a Mediator between Negative Affect, Emotion Dysregulation Strategies, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder6
Mindfulness and Sexual Mindfulness as Moderators Between Conflict Resolution and Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction6
Clinical Considerations of the Evangelical Purity Movement’s Impact on Female Sexuality6
Iatrogenic Gender Dysphoria and Harm Cycle in Gender Affirming Care6
The Sexual Communication Discrepancy Index: A Multidimensional Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Sexual Communication Discrepancies6
Relational Instability in Couples Seeking Therapy: The Contribution of Attachment, Caregiving and Sex5
Clinical Guidelines for Working with Clients Involved in Kink5
Sexual Function and Help-Seeking Behaviors following Childbirth: A Cross-Sectional Study5
Doing Imago Relationship Therapy in the Space Between5
Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Choking and Consensual Non-Consent (CNC) Among College Students: Findings from a Campus-Representative Survey5
Links between Virginity Beliefs, Negative Feelings after Virginity Loss and Sexual Performance Anxiety in a Sample of German-Speaking Heterosexual-Identified Women and Men5
Romantic Love and Sexual Frequency: Challenging Beliefs5
The Need for Sexual Wholeness: Linking Self-Determination Theory to the Physical, Emotional, and Meaning Aspects of Sex5
Transforming Sexual Narratives, A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy (2020).5
Effects of HPV Positivity in Women on Couples Sexual Behavior5
Attachment, Sexual Motives, and Sexual Satisfaction among Couples Expecting their First Child5
Sexual Addiction and Associated Factors: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation, Impulsivity, Anxiety and Depression5
Dynamics of Sexual Consent: Sex, Rape and the Grey Area In-Between5
Religiosity, Sexual Satisfaction, and Relationship Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Sexual Mindfulness and Sexual Sanctification4
Assessment of Child Sexual Abuse in Victimized Women4
Attachment Orientation Moderates the Sexual and Relational Implications of Sexual Desire Discrepancies4
A Mixed Methods Study of Sexual Communication in Various Couple Typologies Part I: Cluster Analysis4
New Zealand Women’s Experience of Intimacy Within Heterosexual Relationships: Influence of Partners’ Perceived Pornography Use4
A Systematic Review Looking at Anodyspareunia Among Cisgender Men and Women4
The Mediating Role of Sexual Boredom in Women’s Sexual Desire and Satisfaction4
Study on the Interdependent Relationship between the Marital Satisfaction Variable and the Psychosocial Impact of Infertility and Anxiety Disposition, According to Gender4
Frailties of Memory: Implications for Therapists Treating Gender Dysphoric Youth4
“No one told me how this could be pleasurable” A Qualitative Focus Group Study into Experiences and Needs of Transgender People in Addressing Sexuality in the Context of Gender-Affirming Medical Care 4
“I Just Really Didn’t Know What I Was Walking into”: Scary Sexual Experiences in a Campus-Representative Survey of Undergraduate Students4
Pornography consumption, premarital sex attitudes, and the moderating role of age: Replication in two U.S. panels3
Retraction3
The Relationship between Nausea-Vomiting during Pregnancy and Attachment Styles, Marital Adjustment, and Ways of Coping3
Sexual Counseling with the PLISSIT Model: A Systematic Review3
Betrayal Trauma Anger: Clinical Implications for Therapeutic Treatment based on the Sexually Betrayed Partner’s Experience Related to Anger after Intimate Betrayal3
Further Exploration of the Correlates of Post-Coital Dysphoria and Its Prevalence within Different Sexual Contexts3
Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome Successfully Treated with Omalizumab: A Case Report3
Pornography and Romantic Relationships: A Qualitative Examination of Individual Experiences3
Relationship Satisfaction in Young Couples: Evidence for Validity of Short Scale Combining CFA and IRT3
Association of Body Image and Genital Self-Image with Female Sexual Function: A Systematic Review3
Factors Associated with Growth in Sexual Violence Survivors: A Systematic Scoping Review3
Management of hypoactive sexual desire dysfunction at a specialized service in women’s sexual health3
The Motives for Solo Masturbation Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation3
“We Felt Emotionally Closer:” A Qualitative Study of Couples’ Communication about Pornography Use3
Some Limitations of “Challenges in the Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth: An Endocrinologist’s View”3
Solitary and Dyadic Sexual Desire and Sexual Satisfaction in Women With and Without Sexual Concerns3
Assessment of Sexual Quality of Life and Satisfaction in Couple Relationships Among Women With Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis and Adenomyosis3
The Impact of COVID-19 on Female Sexual Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis3
Sexual functioning in patients with psoriasis: the role of body dissatisfaction and cognitive biases toward sexuality3
The Relationship of Females with Sexual Dysfunctions to Different Sex Positions2
Validation of an Arabic version of the female version of The Sexual Dysfunctional Beliefs Questionnaire: a factor analysis study2
Interpersonal Experiences with Persistent Genital Arousal: Connections between Symptom Disclosure, Partner Responses, and Catastrophizing on Relationship Adjustment and Symptom Severity2
Sexual Sanctification and Relationship Satisfaction in Black Heterosexual Couples2
The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Sexual Self-Efficacy and Sexual Quality of Life in Reproductive-Age Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial2
Editorial by Gloria Bachmann, MD, MMS Regarding Article: Effect of Sexual Knowledge, Attitude and Quality of Life on Marital Satisfaction of Aged Couples in South Iran: APIM-SEM Analysis2
Lo(u)st in Therapy: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Therapists’ Attitude toward Sexual and Erotic Feelings Scale (TASEF)2
So Tell Me About the Last Time You Had Sex: Laying Bare and Learning to Repair Our Love Lives2
The Development of the Love and Respect Marriage Scale2
Psychometric Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Sexual Self-Consciousness Scale (SSCS)2
Sizzling Sex for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Maximize Erotic Pleasure at Any Age, by Michael Castleman . New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 2021, 432 pages, $24.99 (hardcover).2
A Latent Class Analysis of Predictors for Engaging in Sex: A Study with Ethnically Diverse High School Students2
Rights or Obligations: The Extent to Which Sexual Desire and Gender Roles Determine Sexual Intimacy in Romantic Relationships2
How Empathy Moderates Associations Between Sexual and Relational Satisfaction2
Group Sex Counseling Based on a Modified “Good Enough Sex” Model: A Randomized Trial on Sexual Health Variables among Breast Cancer Survivors in Iran2
Social Reactions to Disclosure of Sexual Violence in Adulthood and Women’s Sexuality: The Mediating Role of Shame and Guilt2
An Indirect Measure of Implicit Sexual Assertiveness: Reliability and Validity of the Sexual Assertiveness IAT in Young Adults in The Netherlands2
Review of the Psychology of PCOS: Building the Science and Breaking the Silence Review of the psychology of PCOS: Building the science and breaking the silence , by Stac2
The Dutch Protocol for Juvenile Transsexuals: Origins and Evidence2
“We Faced Every Change Together”. Couple’s Intimacy and Sexuality Experiences from the Perspectives of Transgender and Non-Binary Individuals’ Partners.2
Solo Versus Co-Perpetrators in the Context of Female-Perpetrated Child Sexual Abuse – Findings from an Online Survey on Affected Individuals2
Closeness Discrepancies and Relationship Quality in German Partnered Women and Men2
Psychometric Evaluation and Adaptation of the Five-Factor Sexual Satisfaction Scale (SSS-W) for Use in Men: The Sexual Satisfaction Scale (SSS)2
The Relationship between Compulsive Sexual Behavior, Religiosity, and Moral Disapproval2
Will I have sex to please you? Evaluating whether mindfulness buffers links between attachment and sexual motivations in daily life2
Perceived Discrimination and Relationship Satisfaction Among Same-Sex Couples: The Role of Dyadic Stress and Sex2
Non-Fatal Strangulation/Choking During Sex and Its Associations with Mental Health: Findings from an Undergraduate Probability Survey2
The Handbook of Consensual Non-monogamy Affirming Mental Health Practice, by Michelle D. Vaughan & Theodore R. Burnes (Eds). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, 436 pp., $45.00 (paperback)2
Development of an Attitude Scale toward Sexuality during Pregnancy2
Anxiety Sensitivity in the Sexual Context: Links between Sexual Anxiety Sensitivity and Sexual Well-Being2
The Complex Interplay between BDSM and Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Form of Repetition and Dissociation or a Path Toward Processing and Healing?1
A New Flight from Womanhood? The Importance of Working Through Experiences Related to Exposure to Pornographic Content in Girls Affected by Gender Dysphoria1
Patterns of Sexting by Youths: A Latent Class Analysis1
What is the Purpose of the Initial Psychiatric Evaluation of Minors with Gender Dysphoria1
Associations Between Pornography Consumption Patterns, Pornography Consumption Motives, and Social Wellbeing among U.S. College Students: A Latent Profile Analysis with a Primarily Female Sample1
Vibrator and Dildo Injuries Treated at Emergency Departments1
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Hypersexuality: A Pilot Study1
Sexual Repertoire, Duration of Partnered Sex, Sexual Pleasure, and Orgasm: Findings from a US Nationally Representative Survey of Adults1
Pursuing Pleasure Despite Pain: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Black Women’s Responses to Sexual Pain and Coping1
Is Basson’s Model of Sexual Response Relevant? Yes, and so are other validated models of sexual response: A commentary on Balon (2021)1
Attachment and Sexual Functioning in Couples Seeking Fertility Treatment: The Role of Infertility-Specific Coping Strategies1
The Effectiveness of Online Sensate Focus Exercises in Enhancing Sexual Function and Intimacy Among Chinese Heterosexual Couples: A Randomized Controlled Trial1
Coming Together: Synthesizing Sex Therapy with Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy1
Investigating trait mindfulness in women with a history of unwanted sexual contact1
Patterns and Factors of the Sexual Agreement for Extra-Dyadic Sex Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong, China: A Cross-Sectional Survey1
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World1
Rachel E. Gross. Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage1
Effect of Zinc on Testosterone Levels and Sexual Function of Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial1
Sex, Evolution, and Being Male in the 21st Century1
Risk of Postpartum Sexual Dysfunction: A Link to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Depression Symptoms1
Coping with Vestibulodynia and Its Impacts on the Identity of Jewish National Religious Women1
Does Clitoral Knowledge Translate into Orgasm? The Interplay Between Clitoral Knowledge, Gendered Sexual Scripts, and Orgasm Experience1
Desire: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating Libido Differences in Relationships Desire: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating Libido Differences in Relationships byLauren Fogel 1
Understanding Perceived Problematic Pornography Use with the Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects Model1
Sexual Dysfunction Among Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: The “Functional” Dysfunction?1
A Dyadic Study of Attachment, Coping, and Quality of Life in Couples Seeking Fertility Treatment1
Psychological Functioning in Non-binary Identifying Adolescents and Adults1
Psychological Outcomes of 12–15-Year-Olds with Gender Dysphoria Receiving Pubertal Suppression in the UK: Assessing Reliable and Clinically Significant Change1
Commentary on Levine et al: Festina Lente (Rush Slowly)1
Critiques of the Cass Review: Fact-Checking the Peer-Reviewed and Grey Literature1
Pleasure Activism1
Sarah Earle and Maddie Blackburn (Eds.). Sex, Intimacy and Living with Life Shortening Conditions1
Sex Points1
The Turkish Version of the Sexual Interest and Desire Inventory-Female (SIDI-F): Examination of the Validity, Reliability and Factorial Structure1
Ladyparts1
Trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals’ perspectives on experienced sexuality during medical transition1
#DebunkingDesire: Sexual Science, Social Media, and Strategy in the Pursuit of Knowledge Dissemination1
Is Sexual Aversion a Distinct Disorder or a Trans-Diagnostic Symptom across Sexual Dysfunctions? A Latent Class Analysis1
Effects of Typical and Binge Drinking on Sexual Consent Perceptions and Communication1
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