Dyspareunia in the context of psychopathology, personality traits, and coping resources : results from a prospective longitudinal cohort study from age 30 to 50

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

doi:10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2286

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Dyspareunia in the context of psychopathology, personality traits, and coping resources : results from a prospective longitudinal cohort study from age 30 to 50
Authors:	Leeners, Brigitte Hengartner, Michael Pascal Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta Rössler, Wulf Angst, Jules
DOI:	10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y 10.21256/zhaw-2286
Published in:	Archives of Sexual Behavior
Volume(Issue):	44
Issue:	6
Page(s):	1551
Pages to:	1560
Issue Date:	Aug-2015
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Springer
ISSN:	0004-0002 1573-2800
Language:	English
Subjects:	Female sexual dysfunction; Dyspareunia; Age; Psychopathology; Personality traits; Longitudinal development
Subject (DDC):	616.89: Mental disorders, clinical psychology and psychiatry 618: Gynecology, obstetrics and midwifery
Abstract:	Although dyspareunia has a major impact on sexual and general well-being, there are few data on the longitudinal development of its prevalence in representative study groups. Therefore, it was the aim of the present study to fill this gap by evaluating the prevalence of dyspareunia in a representative sample at age 30, 35, 41, and 50. Additional aims were to determine the association between dyspareunia, psychopathological covariates, personality characteristics, and coping resources. Semi-structured interviews with single-item questions on sexual problems in general as well as dyspareunia were used to gain information on 1-year as well as long-time prevalence rates. Psychopathological covariates were explored with the SCL-90-R. The Freiburger Personality Inventory (Freiburger Persönlichkeits Inventar, FPI) assessed personality characteristics. Scales of sense of mastery and self-esteem were used to investigate coping resources. Twelve months prevalence of dyspareunia varied between 4.5 and 6.4% with a mean of 5.6% and a long-time risk of 19.3%. No relation between age and the prevalence rates was found. Dyspareunia was related to psychopathological covariates, especially depression. With respect to personality traits as measured with the FPI only nervousness showed a significant association with dyspareunia, whereas coping resources were unrelated. As dyspareunia is experienced by about 20% of all women, it represents a frequent sexual problem. Therefore, assessment of dyspareunia should be integrated into primary care of women at any age and diagnostic as well as therapeutic strategies should be based on physiological and psychological factors.
Further description:	Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch)
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2286
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Leeners, B., Hengartner, M. P., Ajdacic-Gross, V., Rössler, W., & Angst, J. (2015). Dyspareunia in the context of psychopathology, personality traits, and coping resources : results from a prospective longitudinal cohort study from age 30 to 50. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(6), 1551–1560. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y

Leeners, B. et al. (2015) ‘Dyspareunia in the context of psychopathology, personality traits, and coping resources : results from a prospective longitudinal cohort study from age 30 to 50’, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(6), pp. 1551–1560. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y.

B. Leeners, M. P. Hengartner, V. Ajdacic-Gross, W. Rössler, and J. Angst, “Dyspareunia in the context of psychopathology, personality traits, and coping resources : results from a prospective longitudinal cohort study from age 30 to 50,” Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1551–1560, Aug. 2015, doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y.

LEENERS, Brigitte, Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, Vladeta AJDACIC-GROSS, Wulf RÖSSLER und Jules ANGST, 2015. Dyspareunia in the context of psychopathology, personality traits, and coping resources : results from a prospective longitudinal cohort study from age 30 to 50. Archives of Sexual Behavior. August 2015. Bd. 44, Nr. 6, S. 1551–1560. DOI 10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y

Leeners, Brigitte, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, Wulf Rössler, and Jules Angst. 2015. “Dyspareunia in the Context of Psychopathology, Personality Traits, and Coping Resources : Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study from Age 30 to 50.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 44 (6): 1551–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y.

Leeners, Brigitte, et al. “Dyspareunia in the Context of Psychopathology, Personality Traits, and Coping Resources : Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study from Age 30 to 50.” Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 44, no. 6, Aug. 2015, pp. 1551–60, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0395-y.