title: Women's Endorsement of Models of Sexual Response: Correlates and Predictors.
abstract: Few studies have investigated endorsement of female sexual response models, and no single model has been accepted as a normative description of women's sexual response. The aim of the study was to establish how women from a population-based sample endorse current theoretical models of the female sexual response--the linear models and circular model (partial and composite Basson models)--as well as predictors of endorsement. Accordingly, 174 heterosexual women aged 18-55 years were included in a cross-sectional study: 74 women diagnosed with female sexual dysfunction (FSD) based on DSM-5 criteria and 100 non-dysfunctional women. The description of sexual response models was used to divide subjects into four subgroups: linear (Masters-Johnson and Kaplan models), circular (partial Basson model), mixed (linear and circular models in similar proportions, reflective of the composite Basson model), and a different model. Women were asked to choose which of the models best described their pattern of sexual response and how frequently they engaged in each model. Results showed that 28.7% of women endorsed the linear models, 19.5% the partial Basson model, 40.8% the composite Basson model, and 10.9% a different model. Women with FSD endorsed the partial Basson model and a different model more frequently than did non-dysfunctional controls. Individuals who were dissatisfied with a partner as a lover were more likely to endorse a different model. Based on the results, we concluded that the majority of women endorsed a mixed model combining the circular response with the possibility of an innate desire triggering a linear response. Further, relationship difficulties, not FSD, predicted model endorsement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Specialist Teaching Hospital in Tychy, ul. Edukacji 102, 43-100, Tychy, Poland. krzysnowosilcow@yahoo.com.|Department of Sexology and Family Planning, Faculty of Health Science, Medical College in Sosnowiec, ul. Wojska Polskiego 6, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland. krzysnowosilcow@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowosielski
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Specialist Teaching Hospital in Tychy, ul. Edukacji 102, 43-100, Tychy, Poland.|Center for Sexual Medicine, ul Staszica 58, 41-300, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wróbel
authors.affiliation: Department of Sexology, Faculty of Psychology and Arts, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, ul. Gustawa Herlinga-Grudzińskiego 1, 30-705, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kowalczyk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D003075:Coitus; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: DSM-5; Female; Sexual dysfunction; Sexual response cycle