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Psychosocial Correlates of Vaginismus Diagnosis: A Case-Control Study.
Fadul, Rosario; Garcia, Rafael; Zapata-Boluda, Rosa; Aranda-Pastor, Cayetano; Brotto, Lori; Parron-Carreño, Tesifon; Alarcon-Rodriguez, Raquel.
Affiliation
  • Fadul R; a Institute of Human Sexuality, School of Medicine , Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo , Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic.
  • Garcia R; a Institute of Human Sexuality, School of Medicine , Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo , Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic.
  • Zapata-Boluda R; b Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine , University of Almería , Almería , Spain.
  • Aranda-Pastor C; b Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine , University of Almería , Almería , Spain.
  • Brotto L; c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine , University of British Columbia , British Columbia , Canada.
  • Parron-Carreño T; b Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine , University of Almería , Almería , Spain.
  • Alarcon-Rodriguez R; b Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine , University of Almería , Almería , Spain.
J Sex Marital Ther ; 45(1): 73-83, 2019.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30044690
The objective of this case-control study was to identify psychosocial factors associated with vaginismus. One hundred twenty women were recruited and interviewed at the Institute of Human Sexuality, 40 with lifelong vaginismus, and 80 controls without vaginismus. Participants were matched for age, education, and date of admission. Women afraid of losing control during intercourse had 29.6 times greater likelihood of developing vaginismus (p < 0.01), as well as those afraid of suffering pain (p < 0.001) or being physically damaged (tearing) (p < 0.01). There is evidence that women have higher likelihood of vaginismus if they present fears of pain, injuries, bleeding, fear of losing control, and having a panic attack if they engage in sex with penetration.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Coitus / Dyspareunia / Vaginismus / Fear Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: J Sex Marital Ther Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Dominican Republic Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Coitus / Dyspareunia / Vaginismus / Fear Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: J Sex Marital Ther Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Dominican Republic Country of publication: United kingdom