dc.contributor.author | Træen, Bente | |
dc.contributor.author | Hansen, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Stulhofer, Aleksandar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-27T10:49:44Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-04T08:38:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-27T10:49:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-04T08:38:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Træen B, Hansen T, Stulhofer A. SILENCING THE SEXUAL SELF AND RELATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL WELL-BEING IN LATER LIFE: A GENDERED ANALYSIS OF NORTH VERSUS SOUTH OF EUROPE. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 2020 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1468-1994 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1468-1749 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/9852 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study explores the European North-South differences in older partnered individuals’ silencing of the sexual self and its links to relational and individual well-being. A web survey was conducted among partnered individuals aged 65 years or above in Norway and Croatia. There were 368 (women: 37.8%, response rate: 22%) and 359 (women: 34.5%, response rate: 27%) individuals who participated in Norway and Croatia, respectively. A range of relational (sexual satisfaction, relationship quality) and individual well-being (anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction) indicators was considered. Sexual self-silencing had significant impacts across outcomes, gender, and countries. Furthermore, contrary to what might be expected, we observed no differences in self-silencing between the two countries; and in both countries, men were more self-silenced than women. Findings suggest that sexual self-silencing can compromise relationship quality and psychological well-being in later life. Health and clinical practice toward older individuals and couples should thus probe about and aim to improve the expression of sexual desires and needs. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Norwegian Research Council under the grant number 250637. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Sexual and Relationship Therapy; | |
dc.subject | Older adults | en |
dc.subject | Sexual self-silencing | en |
dc.subject | Cross cultural assessments | en |
dc.subject | Life qualities | en |
dc.subject | Successful aging | en |
dc.title | Silencing the sexual self and relational and individual well-being in later life: a gendered analysis of North versus South of Europe | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2021-01-27T10:49:44Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2021.1883579 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1831531 | |
dc.source.journal | Sexual and Relationship Therapy | |