A Swiss longitudinal study of the prevalence of, and overlap between, sexual problems in men and women aged 20 to 50 years old

Angst, Jules; Hengartner, Michael Pascal; Rössler, Wulf; Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta; Leeners, Brigitte

doi:10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	A Swiss longitudinal study of the prevalence of, and overlap between, sexual problems in men and women aged 20 to 50 years old
Authors:	Angst, Jules Hengartner, Michael Pascal Rössler, Wulf Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta Leeners, Brigitte
DOI:	10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556
Published in:	The Journal of Sex Research
Volume(Issue):	52
Issue:	8
Page(s):	949
Pages to:	959
Issue Date:	Jul-2015
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Routledge
ISSN:	0022-4499 1559-8519
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	155: Differential and developmental psychology 306: Culture 610: Medicine and health
Abstract:	The aim of this study was to obtain data on the development and course of sexual problems and their interrelationships by investigating a representative sample of men and women over a period of 30 years. A representative sample of 299 women selected from the complete electoral register and 292 men selected from screening lists for military service in Zurich, Switzerland, answered questions about their sexuality as part of a series of seven interviews between ages 20 (1979) and 50 (2008). Of the initial sample of 591 participants, 43% (57% of them male) were lost to follow-up. Interviews were conducted using the Structured Psychopathological Interview and Rating of the Social Consequences of Psychological Disturbances for Epidemiology (SPIKE), a semistructured interview. Sexual problems were identified on the basis of the study participants’ self-appraisal. One-year prevalence rates, lifetime risks, and overlap of functional, emotional, and sexual desire problems in men and women were evaluated. The findings confirmed higher lifetime risks in women than in men for any sexual problem (females 67.0%; males 46.0%) and for functional (39.3%; 22.1%), emotional (35.7%; 15.9%), and sexual desire problems (51.6%; 33.3%). While in general men's sexual problems increased with age, no such association was observed in women. The overlap of all three problems (functional, emotional, and sexual desire) was reported by 16.9% of women but only 5.0% of men. Although there are commonalities, the type but also the development and, in particular, the overlap of sexual problems in women and men are markedly different.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2275
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Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
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Angst, J., Hengartner, M. P., Rössler, W., Ajdacic-Gross, V., & Leeners, B. (2015). A Swiss longitudinal study of the prevalence of, and overlap between, sexual problems in men and women aged 20 to 50 years old. The Journal of Sex Research, 52(8), 949–959. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556

Angst, J. et al. (2015) ‘A Swiss longitudinal study of the prevalence of, and overlap between, sexual problems in men and women aged 20 to 50 years old’, The Journal of Sex Research, 52(8), pp. 949–959. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556.

J. Angst, M. P. Hengartner, W. Rössler, V. Ajdacic-Gross, and B. Leeners, “A Swiss longitudinal study of the prevalence of, and overlap between, sexual problems in men and women aged 20 to 50 years old,” The Journal of Sex Research, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 949–959, Jul. 2015, doi: 10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556.

ANGST, Jules, Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, Wulf RÖSSLER, Vladeta AJDACIC-GROSS und Brigitte LEENERS, 2015. A Swiss longitudinal study of the prevalence of, and overlap between, sexual problems in men and women aged 20 to 50 years old. The Journal of Sex Research. Juli 2015. Bd. 52, Nr. 8, S. 949–959. DOI 10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556

Angst, Jules, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Wulf Rössler, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, and Brigitte Leeners. 2015. “A Swiss Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence of, and Overlap between, Sexual Problems in Men and Women Aged 20 to 50 Years Old.” The Journal of Sex Research 52 (8): 949–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556.

Angst, Jules, et al. “A Swiss Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence of, and Overlap between, Sexual Problems in Men and Women Aged 20 to 50 Years Old.” The Journal of Sex Research, vol. 52, no. 8, July 2015, pp. 949–59, https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2014.1002556.