- Title
DEPRESSION AMONG WOMEN WITH HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE: ORGASM CONSISTENCY TRAINING ANALYSIS AND EFFECT ON TREATMENT OUTCOME.
- Authors
McVey, Thomas B.
- Abstract
This study addressed two issues concerning the clinical and theoretical relevance of depression to hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSD): (a) whether reliable differences among depressed, mildly depressed, and non-depressed women with HSD could be identified; and (b) whether depression influenced participation in or outcome following orgasm consistency training (OCT). To address the first issue, four theoretical constructs (sexual desire intensity, sexual motivation, marital functioning, sexual characteristics) were measured by multiple scales. Multivariate analyses of each construct revealed significant differences among the three groups on marital functioning and sexual characteristics, with more depressed women reporting lower marital functioning and less positive sexual -characteristics. There was a tendency for depressed women to report less sexual motivation. An analysis of the second issue revealed that depressed women with HSD showed a greater tendency to drop out of OCT Outcome did not vary with depression among treatment completers. Although these findings demonstrate OCT as an effective program in treating depressed women with HSD, the need to consider an OCT model for women with HSD who are depressed is indicated.
- Subjects
DEPRESSION in women; SEXUAL desire disorders; ORGASM; MARITAL conflict; AFFECTIVE disorders; PSYCHOMETRICS; MARITAL adjustment; SEXUAL fantasies; REPENTANCE
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 1997, Vol 6, Issue 3, p211
- ISSN
1188-4517
- Publication type
Academic Journal