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Marital Problems and Sexual Dysfunction: How are they Related?

Authors

John Rust, Susan Golombok, John Collier

Author Affiliations

University of London, City University, University of Sheffield

Published InThe British Journal of Psychiatry

Year1988

Citations141

DOI10.1192/bjp.152.5.629

Abstract

In a study of 28 attenders of a sexual and marital clinic, the relationship between marital distress and both general and specific sexual dysfunctions was investigated. It was found that for men there was a much closer relationship between sexual and marital problems than for women. In particular, it was noted that the specific male sexual dysfunctions of impotence and premature ejaculation played a much larger part in marital discord than did the female dysfunctions of anorgasmia and vaginismus.

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Fields & Keywords

Social Sciences Psychology Social Psychology Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Sexual function and dysfunction studies Family Dynamics and Relationships Clinical psychology Developmental psychology Psychiatry Gender studies Psychoanalysis Endocrinology