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Masturbation and sexual fantasies in married couples

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This article reports some aspects of sociosexual behavior, as a small part of an intensive study of 38 married couples. The persons' experiences and formulations are the primary material in an effort to humanize sexological research. This article reflects the Danish psychological-psychiatric tradition with emphasis on personal interviews instead of questionnaires, inventories, or tests. The analyses are based on differences between husband and wife and between men and women as groups. A number of qualitative thematic differences in personal experience with respect to masturbation and sexual fantasies are reported. Attention is drawn to thematic differences in the psychological significance of these aspects of sexuality which are, in part, dependent on the sex of the subject.

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  1. University of Aalborg, Denmark

    Hans Hessellund Cand. Psych. (Associate Professor)

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This research was supported by Grants 512-786, 512-1060, and 512-2901 from the Danish Medical Research Council.

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Hessellund, H. Masturbation and sexual fantasies in married couples. Arch Sex Behav 5, 133–147 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541870

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