Reconciling Post-Deployment Cognitive and Emotional Distortions with Pre-Existing Relational Norms and Values
Soldiers face a unique set of challenges when returning home from deployment that can...
The cognitive processes that take place when receiving feedback from a partner during an intimate interaction play an important role in shaping one's interpretation of such feedback, including how it...
When veterans return home from military service, they may experience difficulties in interpreting ordinary interpersonal interactions and situations as threatening due to their heightened state of...
To understand how to differentiate between emotional survival mechanisms and authentic relational preferences, it is crucial to have a basic understanding of what they are. Emotional survival...
Survivor's Guilt and Veterans' Perception of Their Own Worthiness and Ability to Engage in Fulfilling Intimate Relationships
Survivor's guilt is a common phenomenon among military veterans who...
How do emotional dependencies influence relational patterns, risk-taking, and susceptibility to sexual exploitation?
Emotional dependency is a phenomenon whereby an individual feels emotionally...
Cognitive distortions are mental errors that lead to negative thoughts and feelings about oneself or one's surroundings. During first sexual experiences, people may experience increased levels of...
When it comes to understanding and managing sexual anxiety before intimacy, it is important to consider both cognitive distortions and emotional biases that can lead to physiological arousal and...
The Cognitive Distortions that Exacerbate Sexual Anxiety and Performance-Related Stress in Adolescents
In today's fast-paced world, where teenagers are constantly bombarded with images of...
The most common cognitive distortion that can lead to unhealthy sexual beliefs and behaviors in teenagers is the all-or-nothing thinking pattern. This cognitive bias involves seeing things in...