Wortel, Shanice (2024) Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder: Relationships Between Relationship Aspects, Sexual Self-Esteem, Vulvar Pain, and Sexual Distress. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Approximately 54% of women worldwide experience sexual pain, of which 19% undergo severe pain falling under the diagnosis GPPPD. The proportion of women suffering from this sexual dysfunction is significant, and its multidimensional impact on the lives of these women as well as on their partners’ is considerable. The present paper aimed to examine: 1) how aspects of the relationship with a partner (including perceived relationship quality, perceived partner responsiveness, perceived dyadic sexual communication, and perceived partner responses to pain) influence vulvar pain and sexual distress in women; 2) how sexual self-esteem influences vulvar pain and sexual distress in women; 3) whether there is an interaction effect between aspects of the relationship with a partner and sexual self-esteem, and, if there is, how this interaction relates to vulvar pain and sexual distress in women. Data for this cross-sectional study were collected via an online survey in Qualtrics Survey Software, which could be self-administered by the participating sexually active, female, Dutch students aged between 18 and 65 years (N = 277), and were analyzed by using multiple regression in SPSS. It was found that when perceived partner responsiveness decreased, vulvar pain tended to increase. When perceived partner responsiveness to expressions of pain increased, so did vulvar pain. When sexual self-esteem decreased, vulvar pain as well as sexual distress tended to increase. No interaction effect was found. Up to this time, research on women with GPPPD and on significantly involved factors in this sexual disorder is still rapidly growing. This study contributes to this expanding knowledge by highlighting important variables in women’s vulvar pain and sexual distress experiences. In addition, this study presents interesting target points for interventions in women with GPPPD with the aim of tackling these negative symptoms and improving these women’s overall well-being.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Borg, C. and Oesterling, C.F. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2024 10:17 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2024 10:17 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3461 |
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