title: Attitudes and experiences: qualitative perspectives on erectile dysfunction from the female partner.
abstract: This study explored the woman's experience of her partner's erectile dysfunction (ED) focusing particularly on sexual experiences, relationship satisfaction, and communication. One hundred women completed a semi-structured interview, providing information about how ED impacted her relationship with her partner. For some women, there was a sense of hopelessness and frustration surrounding their sex lives, while for others, her partner's ED had led to efforts towards increasing non-physical intimacy and sexual communication. These findings demonstrate the importance of the relationship, including communication between the partners, in a women's experience of her partners' ED.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Elodie J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: Marita P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Conaglen
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Conaglen
mesh_terms: D007172:Erectile Dysfunction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*