Recent Research

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The sexual mindfulness project: A pilot study on the sexual and relational effects of sexual mindfulness. Leavitt, C. E., Whiting, J. B., & Hawkins, A. J. (2020)

 

Intentional solitude and mindfulness: The benefits of being alone. In R. J. Coplan, J.C. Bowker, & L. J. Nelson (Eds.) Handbook of Solitude. Leavitt, C. E., Clarke, R., Butzer, B., Dvorakova, K., (in press).

 

 

A kiss is not just a kiss: Kissing frequency, sexual quality, attachment, and sexual and relationship satisfaction. Busby, D. M., Hanna-Walker, V., & Leavitt, C. E. (2020).

 

 

Associations of mindfulness with adolescent outcomes and sexuality. Leavitt, C. E., Allsop,* D. B., Busby, D. M., Driggs*, S. M., Johnson*, H. M., & Saxey*, M. T. (2020).

 

Challenging the standard model of sexual response: Evidence of a variable male sexual response cycle. Busby, D. M., Leonhardt, N., Leavitt, C. E. & Hanna-Walker, V., (2020).

 

A cross-cultural study of midlife relational and sexual health: Comparing Ukraine to the U.S. and Turkey. Lefkowitz, E. S., Akyil, Y., & Serduk, K. (2019).

 

 

Different ways to get there: Evidence of a variable female sexual response cycle. Leavitt, C. E., Leonhardt*, N. D., & Busby, D. M. (2019).

 

The role of sexual mindfulness in sexual, relational, and individual wellbeing. Leavitt, C. E., Lefkowitz, E. S., & Waterman, E. A. (2019).

 

 

Relational and sexual costs of materialism in couple relationships: An actor–partner longitudinal study.  Leavitt, C. E., Dew, J. P., Allsop*, D. B., Runyan*, S. D., & Hill, E. J. (2019).

 

 

Never been kissed: Correlates of lifetime kissing status in U.S. university students. Lefkowitz, E. S., Wesche, R., & Leavitt, C. E. (2018).

 

Parenting stress & sexual satisfaction among first-time parents: A dyadic approach. Leavitt, C. E., McDaniel, B. K., Maas, M. K., & Feinberg, M. E. (2017).

 

Longitudinal associations between relationship quality and coparenting across the transition to parenthood: A dyadic perspective. Le, Y., McDaniel, B. K., Leavitt, C. E., & Feinberg, M. E. (2016)

 

Associations between attempts at physical intimacy and relational outcomes among cohabiting and married couples. Leavitt, C. E., & Willoughby, B. J. (2015).

 

Midlife sexual development and erectile dysfunction. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.) Encyclopedia of lifespan human development. Leavitt, C. E. & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2017).