@misc{10481/67952,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/67952},
abstract = {Psychological-psychiatric factors have a different effect on sexual functioning in men and
women. This research aimed to examine the association between psychopathological dimensions and
dimensions of sexual functioning in Spanish young adults in two studies. Study 1 examined sexual
functioning and psychopathological dimensions in 700 women and 516 men. Study 2 conducted
an experimental laboratory task to evaluate subjective sexual arousal and genital sensations when
watching visual sexual stimuli in a subsample of participants from Study 1 (143 women and 123 men).
As a result, the first study showed that depression and anxiety-related symptoms had a negative
effect, both in men and women, and having a partner had a positive influence on the dimensions of
sexual functioning. The second study showed that anxiety symptoms were positively associated with
subjective sexual arousal in both men and women, and anxiety was associated with the assessment of
genital sensations in men. The differences between the results of anxiety may be explained because
sexual arousal was evaluated in general terms in Study 1, whereas it was evaluated as a state in
Study 2. These findings confirm that the presence of psychopathological symptoms contributes to
sexual functioning, as well as the necessity of strengthening mental illness prevention programs that
include sexual health components.},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Science and
Innovation (grant number PSI2010-15719)},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant number PSI2014-058035-R)},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Sexual function},
keywords = {Sexual arousal},
keywords = {Psychopathology},
keywords = {Young adults},
title = {Association between Psychopathological Dimensions and Sexual Functioning/Sexual Arousal in Young Adults},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph18073584},
author = {Soler, Franklin and Granados de Haro, María Reina and Calvillo, Cristóbal and Álvarez Muelas, Ana and Sierra Freire, Juan Carlos},
}