The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women

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Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Celina
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Pereira, Henrique
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12376
Resumo: Research on sexual functioning among women suggests a relation between sexual functioning and interoceptive awareness, or the conscious perception of internal bodily signs. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among Portuguese women. Hence, 459 Portuguese women, with an average age of 34.57 years (SD=10.27), ranging from 18 to 65 years, completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA), the Female Sexual Distress Scale– Revised (FSDS-R), and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The results showed that higher levels of interoceptive awareness were associated with better sexual functioning, less sexual distress, and greater desire for sex with and without intercourse. Higher levels of distress, meanwhile, were related to worse sexual functioning. Using a linear regression model, we found a significant correlation between interoceptive awareness and sexual distress in sexual functioning; the two variables, together, explain 44.8% of sexual functioning of the women who participated in the study. However, only sexual distress was shown to be a significant predictor of the model. Interoceptive awareness can have an influence on sexual functioning in women with or without sexual dysfunction, although it is not an essential predictor.
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spelling The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese womenO impacto da consciência interoceptiva no funcionamento sexual entre mulheres portuguesasSexual functioningSexual distressInteroceptive awarenessResearch on sexual functioning among women suggests a relation between sexual functioning and interoceptive awareness, or the conscious perception of internal bodily signs. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among Portuguese women. Hence, 459 Portuguese women, with an average age of 34.57 years (SD=10.27), ranging from 18 to 65 years, completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA), the Female Sexual Distress Scale– Revised (FSDS-R), and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The results showed that higher levels of interoceptive awareness were associated with better sexual functioning, less sexual distress, and greater desire for sex with and without intercourse. Higher levels of distress, meanwhile, were related to worse sexual functioning. Using a linear regression model, we found a significant correlation between interoceptive awareness and sexual distress in sexual functioning; the two variables, together, explain 44.8% of sexual functioning of the women who participated in the study. However, only sexual distress was shown to be a significant predictor of the model. Interoceptive awareness can have an influence on sexual functioning in women with or without sexual dysfunction, although it is not an essential predictor.Investigações sobre funcionamento sexual na mulher sugerem uma relação entre funcionamento sexual e perceção interocetiva, ou seja, a perceção consciente de sinais corporais internos. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o impacto da consciência interocetiva no funcionamento sexual de mulheres portuguesas. Assim, 459 mulheres portuguesas, com idade média de 34,57 anos (DP = 10,27), variando de 18 a 65 anos, completaram as escalas: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness(MAIA), the Female Sexual Distress Scale–Revised (FSDS-R), e a Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Os resultados mostraram que níveis mais elevados de consciência interocetiva foram associados a melhor funcionamento sexual, menos distress sexual e maior desejo sexual com e sem coito. Níveis mais elevados de distress sexul, entretanto, foram relacionados a um pior funcionamento sexual. Usando um modelo de regressão linear, verificou-se uma correlação significativa entre consciência interocetiva e distress sexual no funcionamento sexual; as duas variáveis, juntas, explicam 44,8% do funcionamento sexual das mulheres que participaram do estudo. No entanto, apenas o distress sexual se mostrou um preditor significativo do modelo. A consciência interocetiva pode ter uma influência sobre o funcionamento sexual em mulheres com ou sem disfunção sexual, embora não seja um preditor essencial.uBibliorumRibeiro, CelinaPereira, Henrique2022-11-07T10:00:57Z2022-05-102022-05-10T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12376eng10.15309/22psd230108info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:55:32Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/12376Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:51:59.936439Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
O impacto da consciência interoceptiva no funcionamento sexual entre mulheres portuguesas
title The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
spellingShingle The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
Ribeiro, Celina
Sexual functioning
Sexual distress
Interoceptive awareness
title_short The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
title_full The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
title_fullStr The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
title_full_unstemmed The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
title_sort The impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among portuguese women
author Ribeiro, Celina
author_facet Ribeiro, Celina
Pereira, Henrique
author_role author
author2 Pereira, Henrique
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ribeiro, Celina
Pereira, Henrique
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sexual functioning
Sexual distress
Interoceptive awareness
topic Sexual functioning
Sexual distress
Interoceptive awareness
description Research on sexual functioning among women suggests a relation between sexual functioning and interoceptive awareness, or the conscious perception of internal bodily signs. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of interoceptive awareness on sexual functioning among Portuguese women. Hence, 459 Portuguese women, with an average age of 34.57 years (SD=10.27), ranging from 18 to 65 years, completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA), the Female Sexual Distress Scale– Revised (FSDS-R), and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The results showed that higher levels of interoceptive awareness were associated with better sexual functioning, less sexual distress, and greater desire for sex with and without intercourse. Higher levels of distress, meanwhile, were related to worse sexual functioning. Using a linear regression model, we found a significant correlation between interoceptive awareness and sexual distress in sexual functioning; the two variables, together, explain 44.8% of sexual functioning of the women who participated in the study. However, only sexual distress was shown to be a significant predictor of the model. Interoceptive awareness can have an influence on sexual functioning in women with or without sexual dysfunction, although it is not an essential predictor.
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