| Psychophysiological sexual arousal in women with a history of child sexual abuse. | |
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PMID: 16234222 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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On the basis of literature that suggests that child sexual abuse (CSA) survivors with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have higher baseline sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity than healthy controls and research that suggests that the SNS plays a critical role in female physiological sexual arousal, we examined the impact of SNS activation through intense exercise on sexual arousal in women with CSA and PTSD. We measured physiological and subjective sexual arousal in women with CSA (n = 8), women with CSA and PTSD (n = 10), and healthy controls (n = 10) during exposure to nonerotic and erotic videos. After exercise, women with CSA and women with CSA and PTSD showed no significant differences in the physiological sexual response compared with no exercise, which was different from the increased physiological sexual response after exercise observed in control women. |
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Authors:
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Alessandra H Rellini; Cindy M Meston |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of sex & marital therapy Volume: 32 ISSN: 0092-623X ISO Abbreviation: J Sex Marital Ther Publication Date: 2006 Jan-Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-10-19 Completed Date: 2006-04-04 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502387 Medline TA: J Sex Marital Ther Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 5-22 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA. arellini@mail.utexas.edu |
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Adult Arousal* Child Child Abuse, Sexual / psychology* Female Humans Middle Aged Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / etiology*, physiopathology, psychology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / complications*, psychology Survivors Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology Vagina / blood supply |
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