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Mindfulness skills are associated with female orgasm?

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Adam, Françoise [UCL] Géonet, Marie [UCL] Day, James [UCL] De Sutter, Pascal [UCL]

Mindfulness was studied in relation to sexual distress and the ability to achieve orgasm. The initial hypotheses were that mindfulness abilities would predict women's level of sexual distress and that orgasmic women would possess greater mindfulness skills. In total, 251 women (176 orgasmic women and 75 anorgasmic women) responded to several questionnaires online: the Female Sexual Distress Scale – Revised (FSDS-R), the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), and the Sexual Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-S). According to our results, mindfulness during dyadic sexual activities (FFMQ-S) explained 54% of the variability in sexual distress (FSDS-R). Overall, orgasmic women reported more mindfulness than anorgasmic women, both in daily life (FFMQ) and significantly more during dyadic sexual activities (FFMQ-S). In conclusion, our results support the evaluation of women's level of mindfulness during dyadic sexual activities and the integration of mindfulness training in future sex therapy treatments.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2015
Language Anglais
Journal information "Sexual and Relationship Therapy" - Vol. 30, no.2, p. 256-267 (2015)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Routledge ((United Kingdom) Abingdon)
issn 1468-1994
e-issn 1468-1749
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
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Bibliographic reference Adam, Françoise ; Géonet, Marie ; Day, James ; De Sutter, Pascal. Mindfulness skills are associated with female orgasm?. In: Sexual and Relationship Therapy, Vol. 30, no.2, p. 256-267 (2015)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/174599