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Difficulties in emotion regulation, repetitive negative thinking, and sexual an...

Background: Sexual distress is a critical element in diagnosing sexual dysfunction. Recent research using a cross-sectional design has supported the adequacy of a transdiagnostic approach for its understanding. Aim: This exploratory study aimed to investigate the mediating role of repetitive negative thinking between difficulties in emotional regulation and sexual and psychological distress in a community sampl...

Exploring the interplay of difficulties in emotion regulation, repetitive negat...

Sexual distress is a critical factor in diagnosing sexual dysfunction, with recent cross-sectional research supporting a transdiagnostic approach for its understanding. This exploratory study aimed to investigate the mediating role of repetitive negative thinking between difficulties in emotional regulation and both sexual and psychological distress within a community sample. Utilizing a quantitative longitudin...

Perceived changes in sexual interest and distress about discrepant sexual inter...

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, different restrictive measures in terms of physical distancing and lockdowns have been introduced in most European countries, affecting all facets of social life. Currently, little is known about how partnered individuals perceive changes in their sexual life during this complex emergency. This study explored retrospectively assessed changes in sexual interest for one’s partner and lev...

Sexual health and the pandemic crisis : testing the role of psychological vulne...

Recent findings suggest that the current COVID-19 pandemic has a potential negative impact in several areas of life, including sexual health. However, less is known about the psychological dimensions that may work as vulnerability/protective factors for the development of sexual problems in the current pandemic. The current study used a longitudinal design to examine the role played by personality trait factors...

The role of dysfunctional sexual beliefs and sexual self-esteem in sexual aggre...

A Cluster Analysis on Sexual Boredom Profiles in A Community Sample of Men and ...

Research evidence of the attributes of sexual boredom is extremely limited. Understanding variability in the experience of sexual boredom may offer relevant insights for the field of human sexuality. This study aimed to explore the co-occurrence of sexual boredom and other sexuality-related dimensions. The sample consisted of 1021 participants aged between 18 and 75 years old (M = 32.68, SD = 8.79). A genderstr...

The role of anterior and posterior insula in male genital response and in visua...

Several studies highlighted the role of insula on several functions and in sexual behavior. This exploratory study examines the relationships among genital responses, brain responses, and eye movements, to disentangle the role played by the anterior and posterior insula during different stages of male sexual response and during visual attention to sexual stimuli. In 19 healthy men, fMRI, eye movement, and penil...

Are juveniles who have committed sexual offenses the same everywhere? psychomet...

Over the last decade, we have witnessed consistent advances in risk assessment procedures, namely the validation of those used with juveniles who have committed sexual offenses. The adaptation of these instruments into other languages requires research examining the conceptual and metric equivalence of the instruments, not just translation equivalence. Informed by data from 141 boys, aged 13 to 18, the psychome...

Isokinetic profile of the shoulder internal and external rotators in surfers

Influence of body odors and gender on perceived genital arousal

Olfaction is often linked to mating behavior in nonhumans. Additionally, studies in mating behavior have shown that women seem to be more affected by odor cues than men. However, the relationship between odor cues and sexual response-specifically, sexual arousal-has not been studied yet. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the exposure to human body odors (from individuals of the opposite gender...