Psychology

What factors may explain the changes in Eva and Victors sexual needs and responses
Some of the factors which explain the changes in Eva and Victors sexual needs and responses are as follows 1) changes in foreplay, 2) changes in frequency of marital coitus, and changes in coitus. As the person ages, the length in which heshe engages in foreplay increases significantly. However, at age 50, the length in which the individual (which varies from individual to individual  from male to female) engages in such activity decreases considerably. This resembles the bell curve  young adults engage in brief foreplays, adults in long foreplays, and the aged in very short foreplay (Rathus et al, 2005).

The frequency of coitus is inversely related to age. Older couples engage in coitus less frequently than recently married couples. According to some study, married couples (in their 30s and 40s) engage in coitus 2 or 3 times a week. At the age of 50 to 59, individuals reported an average 4 or 5 times a month (Rathus et al, 2005). Now, in general, changes in coitus can be deemed as the result of exhaustive extension of marital roles. That is, individuals aged 50 to 59 have less roles to perform in the bed, as that would have been contained in the peak years of marriage. This situation though varies from culture to culture and from individuals to individuals.

According to Akinwale (2007), sexual needs and responses are determined by plotting sexual references over time in a modified Cartesian scale. Researchers can then determine which sexual need or response is stable over time. Counseling is necessary to avert unnecessary sexual appetites when partners are not incline to undergo certain type of sexual interaction.

2.) Describe how you would proceed.
In general perhaps, age and marital satisfaction are the determinant of sexual needs and responses. Aging diminishes individual capacity to substantiate sexual demands (Akinwale, 2007). Low marital satisfaction ignites unmerited sexual demand from the individual to hisher partner. Indeed, married couples who have low marital satisfaction tend to view sex as a form of relaxation  an escape from the difficulties of married life.

Perhaps, however, there are a variety of factors which determine sexual demands. Here are some of the subjective factors 1) sexual preference of the partners, 2) conduciveness of the environment, and 3) religion. It is best to assume that future studies on this subject matter use variables with wide ranging applicability.