Dean M. Busby

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dean M. Busby is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean M. Busby has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Social Psychology, 69 papers in Clinical Psychology and 36 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Dean M. Busby's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (80 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (32 papers) and Sexual function and dysfunction studies (31 papers). Dean M. Busby is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (80 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (32 papers) and Sexual function and dysfunction studies (31 papers). Dean M. Busby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Dean M. Busby's co-authors include Jeffry H. Larson, D. Russell Crane, Thomas B. Holman, Brian J. Willoughby, Jason S. Carroll, Nathan D. Leonhardt, Franklin O. Poulsen, Adam M. Galovan, Brandt C. Gardner and Cameron C. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Marriage and the Family and Behavior Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Dean M. Busby

123 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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A REVISION OF THE DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE FOR USE WITH DISTRESSED AND NONDISTRESSED COUPLES: CONSTRUCT HIERARCHY AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALES

1995 742 citations Dean M. Busby et al. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy profile →

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Stéphane Sabourin Canada

Jeffry H. Larson United States

Kristin D. Mickelson United States

Randal D. Day United States

Galena K. Rhoades United States

Douglas K. Snyder United States

Brian D. Doss United States

Claire M. Kamp Dush United States

Shmuel Shulman Israel

Cheryl Buehler United States

Stéphane Sabourin Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dean M. Busby

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Jackson, Jeffrey B., et al.. (2025). Adult Insecure Attachment Styles, Neuroticism, and Dating Relationship Quality. Contemporary Family Therapy. 48(1). 57–73. 1 indexed citations

Busby, Dean M., et al.. (2025). Power and passion: An exploration of the relationship between marital power processes and sexual passion styles. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 42(10). 2803–2825. 1 indexed citations

Busby, Dean M., et al.. (2025). Potential Mechanisms Through Which Sexual Sanctification May Influence Sexual Outcomes: Sexual Mindfulness, Sexual Intercourse Frequency, Sexual Communication, and Orgasmic Consistency. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 52(1). 15–31. 1 indexed citations

Leonhardt, Nathan D., Matthew D. Johnson, Amy Muise, et al.. (2023). Sexual Satisfaction Predicts Future Changes in Relationship Satisfaction and Sexual Frequency: New Insights From Within-Person Associations Over Time. PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). 4(1). 9 indexed citations

Witting, Alyssa Banford, Dean M. Busby, & E. Kaitlynn Allen. (2023). Sense of community and anxiety during a global pandemic: The role of world assumptions in couples. Stress and Health. 39(5). 977–988. 1 indexed citations

Leonhardt, Nathan D., et al.. (2023). Orgasm Consistency in Mixed-Gender Couples: Actor, Partner, and Discrepancy Effects from Dyadic Response Surface Analysis. The Journal of Sex Research. 61(2). 216–227. 4 indexed citations

Busby, Dean M., et al.. (2023). Is the association of sexual quality with relationship satisfaction really stronger when the sexual relationship is functioning poorly?. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 50(1). 233–255. 1 indexed citations

Busby, Dean M., et al.. (2021). Health, depression, and marital processes as they relate to sexual satisfaction and harmonious sexual passion: a biopsychosocial model. Sexual & Relationship Therapy. 39(3). 742–760. 1 indexed citations

Leavitt, Chelom E., et al.. (2021). Linking Sexual Mindfulness to Mixed-Sex Couples’ Relational Flourishing, Sexual Harmony, and Orgasm. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 50(6). 2589–2602. 28 indexed citations

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Leonhardt, Nathan D., Dean M. Busby, & Brian J. Willoughby. (2020). Do You Feel in Control? Sexual Desire, Sexual Passion Expression, and Associations with Perceived Compulsivity to Pornography and Pornography Use Frequency. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 18(2). 377–389. 16 indexed citations

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Busby, Dean M., et al.. (2020). Relationship Context, Body-Esteem, Religiosity, and Sexual Experience: Associations with Well-Being and Relationship Status. American Journal of Family Therapy. 48(5). 462–477. 2 indexed citations

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Leonhardt, Nathan D., et al.. (2020). Sanctification or inhibition? Religious dualities and sexual satisfaction.. Journal of Family Psychology. 35(4). 433–444. 11 indexed citations

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Leonhardt, Nathan D., et al.. (2020). Sexual Passion and Attachment: Sexual Passion Style as a Mediator between Attachment Insecurity and Sexual Satisfaction in Committed Relationships. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 47(3). 614–628. 11 indexed citations

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Leonhardt, Nathan D., et al.. (2020). Pursuit of Harmony: Relational and Individual Predictors of Sexual Passion Expression. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49(8). 2935–2950. 10 indexed citations

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Busby, Dean M., et al.. (2020). A kiss is not just a kiss: kissing frequency, sexual quality, attachment, and sexual and relationship satisfaction. Sexual & Relationship Therapy. 38(1). 7–23. 9 indexed citations

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Leonhardt, Nathan D., Dean M. Busby, & Brian J. Willoughby. (2019). Sex guilt or sanctification? The indirect role of religiosity on sexual satisfaction.. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 12(2). 213–222. 32 indexed citations

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Willoughby, Brian J., et al.. (2018). Understanding Associations between Personal Definitions of Pornography, Using Pornography, and Depression. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 16(3). 342–356. 24 indexed citations

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Leonhardt, Nathan D., Brian J. Willoughby, Dean M. Busby, Jeremy B. Yorgason, & Erin K. Holmes. (2018). The Significance of the Female Orgasm: A Nationally Representative, Dyadic Study of Newlyweds' Orgasm Experience. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 15(8). 1140–1148. 49 indexed citations

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Willoughby, Brian J. & Dean M. Busby. (2015). In the Eye of the Beholder: Exploring Variations in the Perceptions of Pornography. The Journal of Sex Research. 53(6). 678–688. 69 indexed citations

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Willoughby, Brian J., Jason S. Carroll, Dean M. Busby, & Cameron C. Brown. (2015). Differences in Pornography Use Among Couples: Associations with Satisfaction, Stability, and Relationship Processes. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 45(1). 145–158. 110 indexed citations

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