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Affective and Autonomic Responses to Erotic Images among Young Women with and without Sexual Difficulties
Title
Affective and Autonomic Responses to Erotic Images among Young Women with and without Sexual Difficulties.
Creator
De Pesa, Natasha, Cassisi, Jeffrey, Negy, Charles, Joseph, Dana, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Existing models of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) are broad and do not provide information about how to improve existing interventions. The purpose of the current study is to extend the empirical application of a disgust model of FSD (de Jong, van Overveld, (&) Borg, 2013) to a population of young women reporting difficulties with sexual desire and/or arousal and related distress. Sixty college-aged females participated in the study and were placed into two groups based upon their reports of...
Show moreExisting models of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) are broad and do not provide information about how to improve existing interventions. The purpose of the current study is to extend the empirical application of a disgust model of FSD (de Jong, van Overveld, (&) Borg, 2013) to a population of young women reporting difficulties with sexual desire and/or arousal and related distress. Sixty college-aged females participated in the study and were placed into two groups based upon their reports of sexual functioning and sexual distress: a control group (i.e., no sexual difficulties or distress) and a clinical group (i.e., difficulties with sexual desire and/or arousal and accompanying distress). Participants were attached to physiological equipment and shown images displaying neutral, positive, disgusting, and erotic content. It was hypothesized that the clinical group would show more evidence of disgust (via affective and autonomic responses) than the control group. Consistent with hypotheses, no group differences were found in any of the affective or autonomic measures during presentation of the neutral, positive, or disgust images. Group differences during presentation of the erotic images (i.e., in facial EMG, heart rate, and self-report affective ratings) and follow-up analyses provided preliminary evidence for generalizing the disgust model of female sexual dysfunction beyond disorders of sexual pain, at least among some women. Exploratory analyses implicated a relationship between a history of sexual victimization and self-report disgust ratings of erotic images. Future research should further explore these relationships in order to shed more light on how disgust-based mechanisms impact the onset and maintenance of female sexual dysfunction.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005601, ucf:50234
Format
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PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005601
PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING IN MANAGEMENT OF POSTPARTUM PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTIONS: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Title
PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING IN MANAGEMENT OF POSTPARTUM PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTIONS: A LITERATURE REVIEW.
Creator
Tanner, Rebecca S, Rothschild, Carey, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Women can face a wide range of pelvic floor dysfunctions following pregnancy, ranging from urinary incontinence to pelvic pain. Unfortunately, these problems are not routinely checked for in postpartum check-ups and women do not always bring it to the physician's attention. Strengthening of the pelvic floor muscles may be able to help women prevent these disorders and improve these women's lifestyles. The purpose of this thesis was to review and analyze different trials to determine if...
Show moreWomen can face a wide range of pelvic floor dysfunctions following pregnancy, ranging from urinary incontinence to pelvic pain. Unfortunately, these problems are not routinely checked for in postpartum check-ups and women do not always bring it to the physician's attention. Strengthening of the pelvic floor muscles may be able to help women prevent these disorders and improve these women's lifestyles. The purpose of this thesis was to review and analyze different trials to determine if different pelvic floor dysfunctions (urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunction, and pelvic girdle pain) can be treated using pelvic floor muscle training in the postpartum. After reviewing the literature, it was determined that Pelvic floor muscle training may be effective in treating Urinary incontinence, but there is a lack of research to state that it helps treat sexual dysfunction and pelvic pain. Pelvic floor muscle training is a conservative non-invasive treatment and very simple for women to do on their own, therefore more research should be performed to see if this can be a simple fix to a plethora of problems women face in the postpartum.
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Date Issued
2016
Identifier
CFH2000110, ucf:46052
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000110