A thematic analysis of a sample of partnered lesbian, gay, and bisexual people’s concepts of sexual satisfaction

Patrícia M. Pascoal; Krystelle Shaughnessy; Maria Joana Almeida

doi:10.1080/19419899.2018.1555185

A thematic analysis of a sample of partnered lesbian, gay, and bisexual people’s concepts of sexual satisfaction

Patrícia M. Pascoal, Krystelle Shaughnessy, Maria Joana Almeida

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Abstract

Sexual satisfaction is an important component of sexual health. There are few proposed conceptual definitions of sexual satisfaction and operational definitions are significantly limited. Those that exist were developed with heterosexual people. In this study, we performed thematic analysis on 60 Portuguese, partnered, sexual-minority people’s written answers to the question: “How would you define sexual satisfaction?” The results revealed a sex positive definition that includes intersecting individual and dyadic dimensions with social discourses relating to sexual minority identity and dominant patterns of relationships and sexuality. Findings highlight the need to consider LGB specific experiences in both research and clinical work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-118
Number of pages	18
Journal	Psychology and Sexuality
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2018.1555185
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2019

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Sexual satisfaction
qualitative
sexual minority

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