The role of verbal and nonverbal communication in couples’ sexual satisfaction
Sexual satisfaction is determined by sexual communication, however only the role of sexual self-disclosure has been tested. Other forms of sexual communication such as sexual assertiveness or nonverbal sexual communication have never been tested before. The aim of the present study is to analyze the extent to which sexual satisfaction in couples is individually and uniquely related to various forms of sexual communication, such as verbal and nonverbal communication and sexual and nonsexual self-discolsure.
And also to test whether there is an instrumental pathway between each of these forms of sexual communication and sexual satisfaction in both male and female partners. One hundred couples will be surveyed online from both a Canadian and a Spanish university to collect data on sexual and nonsexual self-disclosure, verbal and nonverbal sexual communication, as well as sexual satisfaction according to the instrumental pathway. Results will provide evidence for the contribution of different forms of sexual communication over and above sexual self-disclosure to couples’ sexual satisfaction and how these forms contribute to the components of the instrumental pathway. Also they will allow to compare Canadian and Spanish samples and to analyze cross-cultural differences. Results will also provide valuable information for therapeutical interventions
