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The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women

2022-05-10Journal article Open access
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dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Celina
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Henrique
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-07T10:00:57Z
dc.date.available2022-11-07T10:00:57Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-10
dc.description.abstractResearch on sexual functioning among women suggests a relation between sexual functioning and interoceptive awareness, or the conscious perception of internal bodily signs. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among Portuguese women. Hence, 459 Portuguese women, with an average age of 34.57 years (SD=10.27), ranging from 18 to 65 years, completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA), the Female Sexual Distress Scale– Revised (FSDS-R), and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The results showed that higher levels of interoceptive awareness were associated with better sexual functioning, less sexual distress, and greater desire for sex with and without intercourse. Higher levels of distress, meanwhile, were related to worse sexual functioning. Using a linear regression model, we found a significant correlation between interoceptive awareness and sexual distress in sexual functioning; the two variables, together, explain 44.8% of sexual functioning of the women who participated in the study. However, only sexual distress was shown to be a significant predictor of the model. Interoceptive awareness can have an influence on sexual functioning in women with or without sexual dysfunction, although it is not an essential predictor.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractInvestigações sobre funcionamento sexual na mulher sugerem uma relação entre funcionamento sexual e perceção interocetiva, ou seja, a perceção consciente de sinais corporais internos. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o impacto da consciência interocetiva no funcionamento sexual de mulheres portuguesas. Assim, 459 mulheres portuguesas, com idade média de 34,57 anos (DP = 10,27), variando de 18 a 65 anos, completaram as escalas: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness(MAIA), the Female Sexual Distress Scale–Revised (FSDS-R), e a Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Os resultados mostraram que níveis mais elevados de consciência interocetiva foram associados a melhor funcionamento sexual, menos distress sexual e maior desejo sexual com e sem coito. Níveis mais elevados de distress sexul, entretanto, foram relacionados a um pior funcionamento sexual. Usando um modelo de regressão linear, verificou-se uma correlação significativa entre consciência interocetiva e distress sexual no funcionamento sexual; as duas variáveis, juntas, explicam 44,8% do funcionamento sexual das mulheres que participaram do estudo. No entanto, apenas o distress sexual se mostrou um preditor significativo do modelo. A consciência interocetiva pode ter uma influência sobre o funcionamento sexual em mulheres com ou sem disfunção sexual, embora não seja um preditor essencial.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.15309/22psd230108pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12376
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSexual functioningpt_PT
dc.subjectSexual distresspt_PT
dc.subjectInteroceptive awarenesspt_PT
dc.titleThe impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese womenpt_PT
dc.title.alternativeO impacto da consciência interoceptiva no funcionamento sexual entre mulheres portuguesaspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage88pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue01pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage74pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePsicologia, Saúde & Doençapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume23pt_PT
person.familyNameRibeiro
person.familyNamePereira
person.givenNameCelina Marques
person.givenNameHenrique
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9448-682X
person.identifier.ridAAD-4719-2021
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55680857300
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