2003/01/01 by Elke D. Reissing, ELKE D. REISSING, YITZCHAK M. BINIK +6
Medicine · Psychology · #Sexual function and dysfunction studies #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
paper · doi:10.1080/713847095
This study investigated the role of sexual and physical abuse, sexual self-schema, sexual functioning, sexual knowledge, relationship adjustment, and psychological distress in 87 women matched on age, relationship status, and parity and assigned to 3 groups--vaginismus, dyspareunia/vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS), and no pain. More women with vaginismus reported a history of childhood sexual interference, and women in both the vaginismus and VVS groups reported lower levels of sexual functioning and a less positive sexual self-schema. Lack of support for traditionally held hypotheses concerning etiological correlates of vaginismus and the relationship between vaginismus and dyspareunia are discussed.