Social exchange theories and sexuality.(The Use of Theory in Research and Scholarship on Sexuality) From: The Journal of Sex Research | Date: February 1, 1998| Author: Sprecher, Susan | COPYRIGHT 1998 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Social Exchange Theory is one of the social science theories that have been applied to the study of human sexuality. This theoretical perspective is of particular relevance for understanding sexuality as it is negotiated between two people who have a relationship with each other. In this article, I describe three specific social exchange models with particular relevance to sexuality: equity theory (e.g., Walster, Walster, & Berscheid, 1978), the Investment Model (Rusbult, 1980, 1983), and the...

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