Finding the Love Guru in you: Examining the effectiveness of a sexual coaching skill training program
Abstract
This dissertation presents the conceptualization, examination, and evaluation of a sexual coaching skill training program. Using Beebe, Mottet, and Roach's (2004) communication skill training model (i.e. telling, showing, inviting, encouraging, correcting), five modules were developed to teach couples how to enhance their sexual coaching knowledge and skills so that they would be able to subsequently increase their sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction while lowering their sexual communication apprehension. Forty heterosexual couples (i.e. 80 individual participants) finished the training program, which was conducted completely online. Results showed that sexual coaching knowledge, sexual coaching skills, sexual satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction each increased from pretest (prior to training) to posttest (after training), while sexual communication apprehension significantly decreased from pretest to posttest. These results, along with others, are discussed in the final chapter. In addition, theoretical contributions, practical implications, study limitations, and directions for future research are addressed.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Tyler, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Communication|Adult education|Counseling Psychology
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