2005/05/01 by Kenneth Mah, Yitzchak M. Binik, YITZCHAK M. BINIK · 124 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Developmental psychology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Orgasm #Pleasure #Psychoanalysis #Psychology #Psychosocial #Psychotherapist #Sexual dysfunction #Sexual function and dysfunction studies #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
paper · doi:10.1080/00926230590513401
published in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 31(3), 187-200 (Routledge)
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We investigated the hypothesis that the subjective experience of orgasmic pleasure and satisfaction depends more on psychological and psychosocial than on physical factors. Male and female participants rated adjectives to describe orgasm attained during either solitary masturbation (n = 356) or sex with a partner (n = 442). Orgasmic pleasure and satisfaction were related more to (a) the cognitive-affective than sensory aspects of the orgasm experience; (b) the overall physical and psychological intensity of orgasm but not to anatomical location of orgasm sensations; and (d) relationship satisfaction. These findings emphasize the importance of psychosocial determinants of the orgasm experience.