anorgasmia; mindfulness skills; sexual distress; sexual dysfunction; sexual five-facets mindfulness questionnaire; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health
Abstract :
[en] Mindfulness was studied in relation to sexual distress and the ability to achieve orgasm. The initial hypotheses were that mindfulness abilities would predict women's level of sexual distress and that orgasmic women would possess greater mindfulness skills. In total, 251 women (176 orgasmic women and 75 anorgasmic women) responded to several questionnaires online: the Female Sexual Distress Scale – Revised (FSDS-R), the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), and the Sexual Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-S). According to our results, mindfulness during dyadic sexual activities (FFMQ-S) explained 54% of the variability in sexual distress (FSDS-R). Overall, orgasmic women reported more mindfulness than anorgasmic women, both in daily life (FFMQ) and significantly more during dyadic sexual activities (FFMQ-S). In conclusion, our results support the evaluation of women's level of mindfulness during dyadic sexual activities and the integration of mindfulness training in future sex therapy treatments.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Adam, Françoise ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie de la Sexualité ; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Géonet, Marie; Centre Hospitalier Chrétien, Liège, Belgium
Day, James; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
de Sutter, Pascal; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Mindfulness skills are associated with female orgasm?
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