Abstract
Changes are noted in American society and culture in the last generation since the appetitional theory was first formulated. A current statement of the theory is reviewed, together with the concepts of motivation upon which it is based. A model of change is introduced, based upon central Christian concepts, especially as they are propounded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The change model and the appetitional theory are then applied to the area of human sexuality in an attempt to provide a framework for a program of positive change.
Address to AMCAP Convention March 31, 1989.
Recommended Citation
Hardy, Kenneth R.
(1989)
"An Appetitional Theory of Sexual Motivation: Its Contemporary Status and Applications in an Approach to Change,"
Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy: Vol. 15:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/irp/vol15/iss1/6