Marital problems and sexual dysfunction: how are they related?
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.
Rust
J
J
Department of Child Development and Educational Psychology, University of London Institute of Education.
Golombok
S
S
Collier
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*