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Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Sexual Functioning in Sports Practitioners: A Pilot Study
Maria Manuela Peixoto1, Fábio Sousa2
1Centro de Psicologia da, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Abstract:
Emotion regulation is a transdiagnostic process strongly related with emotional difficulties, which may interfere with sexual functioning. Little is known about this association in athletes. The current study examined differences in difficulties in emotion regulation in sports practitioners with and without sexual difficulties. A total of 174 athletes (64 women and 110 men) completed a web-survey, answering a sociodemographic information questionnaire, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form, and the Female Sexual Functioning Index/the International Index of Erectile Function. Results suggested that 34 women (53.1%) experienced sexual difficulties and 40 men (35.1%) reported erectile difficulties. Women with sexual difficulties revealed greater difficulties in goal-directed behavior. Men with erectile difficulties revealed greater lack of emotional awareness and clarity, more difficulties in goal-directed behavior (focusing on relevant information and ignoring distractors) and impulse control, and higher nonacceptance of emotions. Overall, current findings enhance the role of difficulties in emotional regulation in sexual functioning in male and female sports practitioners.
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