Dyadic Adjustment in Couples with Hypoactive Sexual Desire

Trudel, Gilles; Boulos, Lucie; Matte, Benoit

doi:10.1080/01614576.1993.11074067

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“…In a similar study of married men with low desire [17], interpersonal dependency was inversely related to sexual desire levels. Others have found that relationship dissatisfaction is more likely to be reported by female patients with HSDD than by their male counterparts [18].…”

Section: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disordermentioning

confidence: 97%

Prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction in men and women

Rosen¹

2000

Curr Psychiatry Rep

336

175

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Sexual dysfunctions are highly prevalent, affecting about 43% of women and 31% of men. Hypoactive sexual desire disorder has been reported in approximately 30% of women and 15% of men in population-based studies, and is associated with a wide variety of medical and psychologic causes. Sexual arousal disorders, including erectile dysfunction in men and female sexual arousal disorder in women, are found in 10% to 20% of men and women, and is strongly age-related in men. Orgasmic disorder is relatively common in women, affecting about 10% to 15% in community-based studies. In contrast, premature ejaculation is the most common sexual complaint of men, with a reporting rate of approximately 30% in most studies. Finally, sexual pain disorders have been reported in 10% to 15% of women and less than 5% of men. In addition to their widespread prevalence, sexual dysfunctions have been found to impact significantly on interpersonal functioning and overall quality of life in both men and women.

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Section: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disordermentioning

confidence: 97%

Prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction in men and women

Rosen¹

2000

Curr Psychiatry Rep

336

175

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“…In the current research, women provided ratings of their partner's attractiveness in response to two probes: physical attractiveness and sexual attractiveness. Previous work suggests that women's relationship satisfaction predicts female coital orgasm (e.g., Singh et al 1998;Trudel et al 1993). ThornhiU et al (1995) did not include a specific assessment of women's relationship satisfaction as a potential confound of the link between female coital orgasm and male attractiveness.…”

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Female coital orgasm and male attractiveness

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Weekes–Shackelford

LeBlanc

et al. 2000

Hum Nat

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Female coital orgasm may be an adaptation for preferentially retaining the sperm of males with "good genes." One indicator of good genes may be physical attractiveness. Accordingly, R. Thornhill, S. W. Gangestad, and R. Comer (1995) found that women mated to more attractive men reported an orgasm during a greater proportion of copulations than did women mated to less attractive men. The current research replicates this finding, with several design variations. We collected self-report data from 388 women residing in the United States or in Germany. Results support the hypothesis that women mated to more attractive men are more likely to report an orgasm at the most recent copulation than are women mated to less attractive men, after statistically controlling for several key variables. Discussion addresses (a) the inability of the present research to specify the causal link between female orgasm and male attractiveness and (b) the proactive nature of female sexuality documented in recent research guided by an evolutionary perspective.KEY WORDS: Evolutionary psychology; Female coital orgasm; Male attractiveness.Female coital o r g a s m m a y be an adaptation for preferentially retaining the s p e r m of males with " g o o d genes" (Baker and Bellis 1993; ThornhiU et al. 1995). One indicator of good genes m a y be physical attractiveness, a heri-

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“…For instance, a lower relationship satisfaction was reported by couples diagnosed with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) as compared to couples not diagnosed with HSDD (Apt, Hurlbert, Pierce, & White, 1996;Stuart, Hammond, & Pett, 1987;Trudel, Boulos, & Matte, 1993;Trudel, Landry, & Larose, 1997). Generally, relationship satisfaction is positively associated with sexual desire (e.g., Brezsnyak & Whisman, 2004).…”

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confidence: 91%

Effects of Individual Differences on the Efficacy of Different Distracters During Visual Sexual Stimulation in Women

Roberts

Prause

2011

Arch Sex Behav

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Distractions from sexual cues have been shown to decrease the sexual response, but it is unclear how distracters decrease sexual response. Individual differences may modulate the efficacy of distracters. Forty women viewed three sexual films while their labial temperature and continuous self-reported sexual arousal were monitored. One sexual film had simultaneous verbal distracters concerning dissatisfaction with one's physical appearance (higher salience distracter), a second had distracters concerning daily chores (lower salience distracter), and the third sexual film had no distracters. Participant's reporting greater relationship satisfaction and more communication with their partner about their own physical appearance were expected to decrease the efficacy (increased sexual arousal) of the distracters concerning physical appearance. Contrary to expectations, women who received less feedback about their body from their partners reported less sexual arousal during a sexual film with body distracters than a sexual film with general distracters or a sexual film with no distracters. All women exhibited lower labial temperature in Minutes 2 and 3 of the sexual film with body image distracters as compared to the other two sexual films. Possible explanations explored include self-verification theory and individual differences in the indicators that women consider when rating their sexual arousal.

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Dyadic Adjustment in Couples with Hypoactive Sexual Desire

Cited by 45 publications

References 6 publications

Prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction in men and women

Prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction in men and women

Female coital orgasm and male attractiveness

Effects of Individual Differences on the Efficacy of Different Distracters During Visual Sexual Stimulation in Women

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