Couples’ Childhood Maltreatment Profiles and Trajectories of Sexual Health Over One Year

Sophie Bergeron, Natalie O. Rosen, Beáta Bőthe, Marie-Ève Daspe, Katherine Péloquin, Natacha Godbout, Audrey Brassard, Noémie Bigras, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Centre de recherche interdisciplinaires sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles , Université de Montréal, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dalhousie University, Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Psychology, Université de Sherbrooke, Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Child Maltreatment

Published online on November 19, 2025

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
The present study examined couples’ childhood maltreatment (CM) profiles and their associations with both partners’ sexual health over one year. Participants were 885 couples (Mage =31.22) who completed measures of CM (baseline) and sexual satisfaction, ...