Beliefs about appearance, cognitive distraction and sexual functioning in men and women: A mediation model based on cognitive theory

E Silva, PM Pascoal, P Nobre - The journal of sexual medicine, 2016 - academic.oup.com
cognitive distraction in the relation between body image beliefs and sexual functioning in men
and women. … study is embedded in cognitive models and our predictor is different because …

The impact of body dissatisfaction on distressing sexual difficulties among men and women: The mediator role of cognitive distraction

A Carvalheira, L Godinho, P Costa - The Journal of Sex Research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Moreover, in men with erectile dysfunction, the frequency of global body dissatisfaction was
the only significant predictor of body appearance cognitive distraction during sexual activity. …

… Dissatisfaction, Cognitive Distraction, and Sexual Satisfaction in a Sample of LGB+ People: A Mediation Study Framed by Cognitive Psychology Models of Sexual …

AA Manão, PM Pascoal - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
… The present study aims to test a mediation model using cognitive distraction related to body
appearance during sexual activity as a mediator between body dissatisfaction and sexual

The role of cognitive processing factors in sexual function and dysfunction in women and men: a systematic review

IM Tavares, CV Moura, PJ Nobre - Sexual medicine reviews, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… of body dissatisfaction and relationship variables as predictors of body-related cognitive
distraction during sexual activity … of cognitive distraction regarding body appearance in men with …

The roles of body image, sexual motives, and distraction in women's sexual pleasure

K Poovey, DC de Jong, K Morey - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2022 - Springer
… pleasure and orgasms (Sanchez & Kiefer, 2007), less sexual confidence, and less comfort
… that women with negative body image are less likely to engage in sex for approach motives. …

Does pregnancy play a role? Association of body dissatisfaction, body appearance cognitive distraction, and sexual distress

PM Pascoal, PJ Rosa, S Coelho - The journal of sexual …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… strong predictors of cognitive distraction with body appearance during sexual activity both in
… , are explained by body appearance cognitive distraction during sexual activity. Considering …

Sexual beliefs and sexual functioning: the mediating role of cognitive distraction

PM Pascoal, PJ Rosa, EP Silva… - … Journal of Sexual Health, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… of cognitive distraction on the prediction of dysfunctional sexual beliefs on both male and
female sexualappearance cognitive distraction; and (2) if sexual beliefs that had never been …

The relationship between body image and domains of sexual functioning among heterosexual, emerging adult women

C Quinn-Nilas, L Benson, RR Milhausen… - Sexual …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… , body dissatisfaction can distract a woman from perceiving cues necessary for sexual arousal
(by way of cognitive distraction) … and affective body image were not significant predictors of …

Body image in dyadic and solitary sexual desire: The role of encoding style and distracting thoughts

A Dosch, P Ghisletta… - The Journal of Sex …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
… the link between cognitive distraction during sexual activity and sexual desire. For example,
… In the first step, we entered body image and encoding style as predictors. We also included …

Demographic and sociocultural predictors of sexuality-related body image and sexual frequency: The US Body Project I

DA Frederick, AR Gordon, CP Cook-Cottone, JP Brady… - Body Image, 2022 - Elsevier
Through the lens of objectification theory, … cognitive distraction during sexual activity – much
like body surveillance – can take the focus off bodily sensations, inhibit pleasure and sexual