Sex and disgust seem like strange bedfellows. The premise of this review is that disgust-
based mechanisms nevertheless hold great promise for improving our understanding of …

Introduction The difficulty of penetration experienced in vaginismus and dyspareunia may at
least partly be due to a disgust-induced defensive response. Aims To examine if sex stimuli …

Introduction Disgust may be involved in sexual problems by disrupting sexual arousal and
motivating avoidance of sexual intercourse. To test whether heightened disgust for sexual …

There is increasing consensus that the present DSM IV-TR (2000) sexual disorders
classification, of desire, arousal, orgasm, and pain is unsatisfactory. This differentiation …

A critical feature of sexual aversion, according to the authors of this chapter, is that “sex is
experienced as inherently disgusting.” While historically classified as a sexual desire …

In the transition from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), the
diagnosis of Sexual Aversion Disorder (SAD) has been deleted. SAD was initially included …

Contemporary models of sexual behaviour propose that sexual responses involve an
interaction between sexual excitatory and sexual inhibitory processes. From such a …

Recent studies were able to associate disgust with the moral domain of purity, as well as a
heightened sensitivity to disgust with sexual victimization. However, no empirical evidence …

Low or disrupted sexual arousal is discussed as a transdiagnostic-underlying denominator
for women's sexual dysfunctions. The role of sexual arousal in attenuating the inhibitory …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between human sexuality training
and clinical social workers' comfort with addressing sexuality issues with clients. A mixed …