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1Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel. birnbag@mail.biu.ac.il
Abstract:
The present studies attempt to portray the unique profile of the subjective meaning of heterosexual intercourse in women with Female Orgasmic Disorder (FOD). In Studies 1 and 2, the Meaning of Heterosexual Intercourse Scale for Women (MHISW) was developed. In Study 3, the MHISW was administered to 36 self-referred women with FOD, 26 nonreferred women with FOD, and 36 sexually functional women. Findings indicated that self-referred women with FOD scored higher than both nonreferred women with FOD and sexually functional women on factors with an aversive nature related to feelings of alienation and anxieties, whereas nonreferred women with FOD scored higher on few of these aversive factors in comparison with sexually functional women. Interestingly, sexually functional women scored higher than women with FOD on only a limited number of factors with relational and instrumental positive connotations. The contribution of the findings to the understanding FOD was discussed.
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