Carvalho Joana, Veríssimo Ana, Nobre Pedro J
a Faculty of Psychology and Sciences of Education , Porto University , Porto , Portugal.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2015;41(1):11-24. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2013.869776. Epub 2014 Mar 12.
Symptoms of persistent genital arousal are expected to negatively affect women's sexual and emotional well-being. However, not all women who experience persistent genital arousal complain about their genital condition. Against this background, this study aimed to evaluate psychological predictors of the distress associated with persistent genital arousal symptoms, as well as psychological moderators influencing the conditions under which persistent genital arousal causes distress. A total of 117 women reporting symptoms of persistent genital arousal answered to online questionnaires measuring personality traits, sexual beliefs, and dyadic adjustment. Women have also completed a checklist measuring the frequency/severity of persistent genital arousal symptoms and the distress/impairment caused by these symptoms. Results showed that neuroticism, (low) openness, sexual conservatism, and (low) dyadic adjustment significantly predicted distress associated with genital symptoms. Furthermore, sexual conservatism was found to moderate the relation between the symptoms' severity and the distress associated with those symptoms. Overall, sexual conservatism seems to be a key differentiator factor, influencing the psychological conditions under which women may report higher levels of distress caused by persistent genital arousal. Because such findings focus on the distress to genital arousal symptoms rather than on persistent genital arousal disorder as a clinical entity, the results under consideration may or may not characterize women formally assigned to the persistent genital arousal disorder label.
持续性性唤起症状预计会对女性的性健康和情绪健康产生负面影响。然而，并非所有经历持续性性唤起的女性都会抱怨她们的生殖器状况。在此背景下，本研究旨在评估与持续性性唤起症状相关的痛苦的心理预测因素，以及影响持续性性唤起导致痛苦的条件的心理调节因素。共有117名报告有持续性性唤起症状的女性回答了在线问卷，这些问卷测量了人格特质、性观念和二元调适。女性还完成了一份清单，测量持续性性唤起症状的频率/严重程度以及这些症状引起的痛苦/损害。结果表明，神经质、（低）开放性、性保守主义和（低）二元调适显著预测了与生殖器症状相关的痛苦。此外，发现性保守主义调节了症状严重程度与与这些症状相关的痛苦之间的关系。总体而言，性保守主义似乎是一个关键的区分因素，影响着女性可能报告因持续性性唤起而产生更高痛苦水平的心理条件。由于这些发现关注的是对性唤起症状的痛苦，而不是作为一种临床实体的持续性性唤起障碍，因此所考虑的结果可能会也可能不会描述正式被诊断为持续性性唤起障碍的女性的特征。
