Women who internalize evangelical purity messages face heightened risk for persistent pain
or difficulty with penile-vaginal intercourse. Drawing on research in communication …

In addition to self‐report measures of pain, objective measures have been used to assess
and quantify pain and pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function in women with provoked …

Objectives The aim of the study was to investigate sensory information processing induced
by visual sexual stimuli and to assess its relationship with sexual behaviors and symptoms …

Vaginismus is a sexual pain disorder involving involuntary contraction of the pelvic floor
muscles which prevents or makes painful penetration of the vagina. Vaginismus is …

Illustrated with case studies, this book teaches couples and sex therapists the
comprehensive, integrative treatment approach of master conflict therapy (MCT), which …

In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) the
female sexual pain disorders vaginismus and dyspareunia have been merged into the …

In the last decades, the interest in sexuality in people with intellectual disability (ID) and/or
low-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased. Nevertheless, there has …

This chapter focuses on how psychosocial factors influence the etiology, course, treatment,
and posttreatment adjustment of women with problems with an overactive pelvic floor …

Introdução e Objetivos: a disfunção da dor génito-pélvica/penetração (DDGPP) é uma
disfunção sexual feminina recentemente estabelecida no DSM-5 e abrange na sua …

Introdução O vaginismo é definido como perturbação de dor genitopélvica/penetração e
pressupõe a existência de dificuldades persistentes com a penetração vaginal, dor …