Body dissatisfaction and sexual distress: testing a mediation model with pregnant and non-pregnant partnered women
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2017
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manidades e Tecnologias – Escola de Psicologia e Ciências da Vida 5
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Introdução: A gravidez é caracterizada por mudanças físicas, hormonais e
psicológicas que podem afetar a sua sexualidade daquelas que estão em um relacionamento
diádico, afetando a relação sexual do casal.
Objetivo: Comparar uma amostra de mulheres grávidas e não grávidas e estabelecer
se as mulheres grávidas apresentam níveis mais baixos, iguais ou superiores de insatisfação
corporal, distração cognitiva durante a atividade sexual e distress sexual sobre a função sexual
em comparação com mulheres não gravidas e testar um modelo explicativo moderado de
mediação do impacto da insatisfação corporal em sofrimento sexual, usando a gravidez como
moderador.
Métodos: O presente estudo teve a participação de 44 mulheres não grávidas e 43
mulheres grávidas da população geral portuguesa (n = 87), com idade compreendidas entre os
25 e 40 anos que se autoidentificam como heterossexuais e estão envolvidas em uma díada
exclusiva e comprometida, e que completaram uma pesquisa on-line.
Principais medidas de estudo: as mulheres completaram a medida geral validada da
insatisfação corporal (Escala Global de Insatisfação Corporal), distress sexual (procedimento
retirado da Pesquisa Nacional de Atitudes Sexuais e Estilo de Vida), distração cognitiva
baseada na aparência do corpo durante a atividade sexual (Escala de Distração de Aparência
Corporal).
Resultados: Distração cognitiva com a aparência do corpo intervém na associação
entre insatisfação com o corpo e dificuldades sexuais. Além disso, o efeito da insatisfação
corporal sobre o distress sexual, na presença da variável mediadora, foi reduzido a não
significância, revelando assim um efeito de mediação completo da distração cognitiva com
base na aparência do corpo na associação entre insatisfação corporal e angústia sexual.
Conclusão: Este estudo avança nossa compreensão da sexualidade durante a
gravidez, avaliando o distress sexual. Como tal, os dados fornecem uma imagem mais precisa
sobre o distress sexual que as mulheres experienciam durante a gravidez em relação à
insatisfação corporal.
Introduction: Pregnancy is characterized by physical, hormonal, and psychological changes that can affect women’s sexuality and for those who are in a dyadic relationship, it also affects couple’s sexual relationship. Aim: Compare a sample of pregnant and non-pregnant women and establish if pregnant women have lower, equal or higher levels of body dissatisfaction, body appearance cognitive distraction during sexual activity and sexual distress about their sexual function compared to non-pregnant women and to test a moderated mediation explanatory model of the impact of body dissatisfaction on sexual distress, using pregnancy as the moderator. Methods: The present study had the participation of 44 non-pregnant women and 43 pregnant women from the general Portuguese population (n = 87), aged between 25 and 40 years who self-identify as heterosexual and are involved in an exclusive and committed dyadic relationship, completed an online survey. Main Outcome Measures: Women completed validated general measure of body dissatisfaction (Global Body Dissatisfaction Scale), sexual distress (procedure taken from National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles), cognitive distraction based on body appearance during sexual activity (Body Appearance Cognitive Distraction Scale). Results: Cognitive distraction with the appearance of the body intervenes in the association between dissatisfaction with the body and sexual difficulties. In addition, the effect of body dissatisfaction on sexual distress, in the presence of the mediating variable was reduced to non-significance, thus revealing a full mediation effect of cognitive distraction based on the body's appearance in the association between body dissatisfaction and sexual distress. Conclusion: This study advances our understanding of sexuality during pregnancy by evaluating sexual distress. As such, the data provide a more accurate picture on the sexual distress that women experience during pregnancy in relation to body dissatisfaction.
Introduction: Pregnancy is characterized by physical, hormonal, and psychological changes that can affect women’s sexuality and for those who are in a dyadic relationship, it also affects couple’s sexual relationship. Aim: Compare a sample of pregnant and non-pregnant women and establish if pregnant women have lower, equal or higher levels of body dissatisfaction, body appearance cognitive distraction during sexual activity and sexual distress about their sexual function compared to non-pregnant women and to test a moderated mediation explanatory model of the impact of body dissatisfaction on sexual distress, using pregnancy as the moderator. Methods: The present study had the participation of 44 non-pregnant women and 43 pregnant women from the general Portuguese population (n = 87), aged between 25 and 40 years who self-identify as heterosexual and are involved in an exclusive and committed dyadic relationship, completed an online survey. Main Outcome Measures: Women completed validated general measure of body dissatisfaction (Global Body Dissatisfaction Scale), sexual distress (procedure taken from National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles), cognitive distraction based on body appearance during sexual activity (Body Appearance Cognitive Distraction Scale). Results: Cognitive distraction with the appearance of the body intervenes in the association between dissatisfaction with the body and sexual difficulties. In addition, the effect of body dissatisfaction on sexual distress, in the presence of the mediating variable was reduced to non-significance, thus revealing a full mediation effect of cognitive distraction based on the body's appearance in the association between body dissatisfaction and sexual distress. Conclusion: This study advances our understanding of sexuality during pregnancy by evaluating sexual distress. As such, the data provide a more accurate picture on the sexual distress that women experience during pregnancy in relation to body dissatisfaction.
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Orientação: Patrícia Pascoal
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MESTRADO EM TRANSDISCIPLINAR DE SEXOLOGIA, SEXOLOGIA, SEXUALIDADE FEMININA, IMAGEM CORPORAL, MULHERES, GRAVIDEZ, COMPORTAMENTO SEXUAL, SEXOLOGY, FEMALE SEXUALITY, BODY IMAGE, WOMEN, PREGNANCY, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR