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Intimidade e desejo sexual nas relações de casal: o paradoxo da diferenciação conjugal
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Recently, some authors (Perel, 2007; Schnarch, 2001) suggest that couple relationships with high degrees of fusion might be particularly detrimental for the sustenance of sexual desire, while relationships with adequate levels of differentiation of self – the regulation between autonomy and intimacy needs – might provide an ideal habitat for long term desire. However, limited research has been conducted targeting the associations between differentiation of self, sexual desire, intimacy and satisfaction.Through the qualitative analysis of 33 joint couple interviews, we were able to identify the main dimensions of couple intimacy and several promoting and disturbing factors concerning couple intimacy and sexual desire. Additionally, several strategies to promote desire and differentiation of self within the couples were also identified, along with a longitudinal perspective of sexual desire and differentiation as perceived by couples, challenging several assumptions about desire in committed relationships, namely the myth of desire spontaneity, and the relevance of innovation, agency and otherness for couple intimacy, desire and differentiation.A quantitative study targeted the associations between the individual level, the dyadic level and the dyadic discrepancies of sexual desire, differentiation of self and couple satisfaction, along with emerging sex differences, in a dyadic sample of 33 couples. Additionally, an integrative model aiming to explain the role played by differentiation of self in couple satisfaction through the underlying mechanisms of sexual desire and intimacy, was tested and supported with a sample consisting of 428 individuals in a committed relationship.Although several limitations of the studies are discussed, namely its cross-sectional nature, these results allow us to provide a theoretical complexification and an empirical update of couple intimacy, sexual desire, differentiation of self and couple satisfaction as well as to contribute with relevant clues for couple therapy and preventive systemic interventions. The possibilities for future studies concerning these target issues are also discussed.
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Tese de doutoramento, Psicologia Clínica (Psicologia da Família e Intervenção Familiar)
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Teses de doutoramento - 2013