OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sexual and Relationship Therapy is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the relationship between intimate partner abuses, resilience, psychological, and physical health problems in Pakistani married couples: a perspective from the collectivistic culture	16
Too late for love? Sexuality and intimacy in heterosexual couples living with an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis	12
Curative kink: survivors of early abuse transform trauma through BDSM	11
Mindfulness-based therapies for men and women with sexual dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Mental health provider bias and clinical competence in addressing asexuality, consensual non-monogamy, and BDSM: a narrative review	9
Sexual intercourse activity and activities associated with sexual interaction in Norwegians of different sexual orientations and ages	8
No expiration date: a qualitative inquiry of sexuality after 50	7
Couple healing from infidelity: a deductive qualitative analysis study	7
Gender differences in the association between sexual satisfaction and quality of life	7
The Consumption of Pornography Scale – General (COPS – G)	7
Factors associated with sexual satisfaction in mixed-sex long-distance and geographically close relationships	6
Sexual penetration cognitions in women with genito-pelvic pain and penetration disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Understanding vaginismus: a biopsychosocial perspective	6
How can therapists and other healthcare practitioners best support and validate their queer menopausal clients?	6
Do complaints related to menopause affect sexuality and marital adjustment?	5
An online sensate focus application to treat sexual desire discrepancy in intimate relationships: contrasting case studies	5
Investigation of sexual function and body image of pregnant women and sexual function of their partners	5
HBV, HCV and HIV among female sex workers; is it a health problem?	5
Asexual identity development and internalisation: a thematic analysis	5
The female orgasmic state and the different dimensions of the female sexual experience: lessons learned from expert interviews	5
Concept and implications of sexual consent for education: a systematic review of empirical studies	4
Timing of first marriage and women’s ability to negotiate safer sex in Nigeria	4
Investigating anger in a metacognitive model of problematic pornography use: preliminary findings	4
A couples’ relationship education intervention examining sexual mindfulness and trait mindfulness	4
Silencing the sexual self and relational and individual well-being in later life: a gendered analysis of North versus South of Europe	4

Secrecy and deception: values, shame, and endorsement of hiding one’s pornography viewing	3
Female sexual dysfunctions: prevalence and related factors in a sample of young university women – a cross-sectional study	3
Needing to be “perfect” to be loved: the intersection of body dysmorphic disorder, sexual identity, and gay culture in gay men. A qualitative study	3
Gender beliefs and internalized homophobia shape sexual self-labeling and partner choice in gay and bisexual men in China	3
In a relationship, who tends to sext first?	3
Associations of sexting with dating partners with adolescents’ romantic relationship behaviors and attitudes	3
An exploratory study examining the relationship between sexual self efficacy and premature ejaculation mediated by depression, anxiety and sexual fantasy among a British cohort	3
Investigating psychometric measures of sexual wellbeing: a systematic review	3
Predictors of women’s sexual quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic: An Iranian cross-sectional study	3
Minority stress in consensually non-monogamous individuals: mental health implications	3
Perception of genital self-image, sexual quality of life and marital adjustment in infertile women	3
Health care professionals’ view on pedophilic disorder: a qualitative study	3
Introducing compassion focused psychosexual therapy	3
“More Alike than Different”: a qualitative exploration of the relational experiences of multicultural couples in Turkey	3
The analysis of female sexual functions, sexual satisfaction and depressive symptoms according to menstrual cycle phases	3
Relationship desire and life satisfaction among never-married and divorced men and women	3
How are pornography and sexual sensation seeking related?	3
How sexuality and religion intersect in highly religious families: implications for clinicians	2
Attachment styles and propensity for sexual response in adult obsessive-compulsive disorder	2
Patterns and changes of sexual expression in older Czech women	2
Clinical psychologists’ views about talking to people with psychosis about sexuality and intimacy: a Q-methodological study	2
The identity development and internalization of asexual orientation in women: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	2
Evaluating sexual self-consciousness, sexual self-efficacy, and sexual functions of older people	2
Is swiping right risky? Dating app use, sexual satisfaction, and risky sexual behavior among adolescents and young adults	2
The religious disguise in “sex addiction” therapy	2
Satanic sexuality: understanding Satanism as a diversity issue for sex and relationship therapists	2
Having sex with partners met online among bachelors in China: application of the theory of planned behavior	2
In their own words: getting it right for kink clients	2
Validation of a French-Canadian adaptation of the Hurlbert Index of Sexual Assertiveness for adolescents	2
The overlooked relationship between subtle partner sexual violence and sexual dysfunction?	2
Orthodox Jewish women’s sexual subjectivity	2
Effects of depression, anxiety, stress, and partner relationship satisfaction on sexual dysfunction in women in the postpartum period	2
The quick shift: Orthodox Jewish women’s early marital sexual experience	2
Experiences after infidelity via internet communication: Surveillance, ambivalence, and termination	2
Tending to painful sex: applying the neuroscience of trauma and anxiety using mindfulness and somatic embodiment in working with genito-pelvic pain and penetration disorders	2
The wife, the mother, and the slut: sexual pleasure for the Filipino woman a grounded theory approach	2
Changes in sexual thoughts and behaviors in a clinical sample of child sexual abuse material users under the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Validation of the French sexual mindfulness measure and its links with psychosexual well-being	2
Effects of adverse childhood experiences on partnered sexual arousal appear context dependent	2