Sexual Function and Satisfaction in Couples with Infertility: A Closer Look at the Role of Personal and Relational Characteristics

Amiri, Sawsane El; Brassard, Audrey; Rosen, Natalie O.; Rossi, Meghan A.; Beaulieu, Noémie; Bergeron, Sophie; Péloquin, Katherine

doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.09.009

Cited by 14 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 84 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The current study also indicated that sexual relationship affects the occurrence of TEF. A previous study has found that women who experienced greater emotional stressors associated with infertility were related to lower sexual satisfaction with their partner (Amiri et al, 2021). While the discordant sexual relationship between husband and wife caused by long-term infertility could induce ejaculation disorders in men.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Psychological distress, emotion regulation, neuroticism, and sexual relationship on patients with temporary ejaculation failure in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer treatment

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ObjectiveTemporary ejaculation failure on the oocyte retrieval day might leading interruption of the oocyte retrieval procedure. The present study aims to understand the psychosocial factor that affects men with temporary ejaculation failure (TEF) in Vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) patients, and thus provide new ideas for optimal clinical treatment.Study designIn a prospective study, the male patients during IVF treatment in a reproductive center of a tertiary hospital in Shandong were divided into two groups, 70 men with TEF and 79 normal controls. General population sociology and clinical disease were investigated, and the Kessler 10 scale, emotion regulation questionnaire, big five inventory questionnaire, and sex subscale of marriage quality were used to assess the psychological distress, emotion regulation, neuroticism, and satisfaction with sexual life.ResultsThe scores of perceived distress and neuroticism of the TEF group were higher than the non-TEF group (p < 0.001), and cognitive reappraisal and sexual relationship were significantly lower than those in the non-TEF group (p < 0.001). Psychological distress (OR 1.130, p = 0.031) and neuroticism (OR 1.096, p = 0.050) were risk factors for TEF, while cognitive reappraisal (OR 0.883, p = 0.004) and sexual relationship (OR 0.712, p < 0.001) was protective factors.ConclusionThe present study demonstrates that psychosocial factors influence TEF in IVF-ET patients, which provides the basis for the prevention of the occurrence of TEF in a male undergoing IVF-ET.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Psychological distress, emotion regulation, neuroticism, and sexual relationship on patients with temporary ejaculation failure in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer treatment

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In study men and women, infertility-related relational stressors were as-sociated with their own lower sexual arousal, as well as with their own and their partner's lower sexual satisfaction. Sexual dysfunctions can appear in both partners and might provoke problems in every stage of sexual response [34].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Education based on the Trans-Theoretical Model on sexual function of married women in Iran

Jalambadani¹

2022

Ital J Gynaecol Obstet

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective. This research investigates education based on the trans-theoretical model (TTM) on sexual function of married women in Iran. Patients and Methods. This study was quasi-experimental. In this study random allocation was not used. This study included 200 Iranian married women -20 to 50 years old -from 20 health centres in Iran from 2020 to 2021. Using questionnaires, the demographic, trans-theoretical model (TTM) constructs were measured and analysed. Each group met for 60 minutes, twice weekly, for 12 weeks. Six months were set aside for completion of the survey (pre-intervention and post-intervention). The proceeding analyses were conducted using SPSS (version 20) statistical software package. Results. The average rates of TTM constructs (stages of Change (6.355 ± 1.342), processes of change (8.614 ± 3.406), self-efficacy (22.447 ± 6.783), decisional balance (5.355 ± 2.342) and sexual function (32.37 ± 4.73) in education group was increased meaningfully (P-value < 0.05); these changes were not meaningful in control group (P-value > 0.05). Conclusions. The findings of this study based on TTM, could be a good guideline for designing interventions in women sex education program, also could be used to prepare stability of women to continue appropriate sex education from return to previous habits. The results of this research suggest that the use of TTM can be used in educational interventions on sexual function of married women in Iran and have useful results.

show abstract

“…Even ejaculation quality in terms of sperm count is diminished when sexual arousal and orgasm quality are diminished [ 230 ]. Additionally, of course, orgasm quality can be diminished by relationship stress, anhedonia, and depression [ 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 ], and conversely with the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) used to treat depression [ 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 ]. This is not to say that sex cannot be pleasurable without orgasm, but only to differentiate the appetitive pleasure driven by the neural mechanisms of arousal and desire from the consummatory pleasure and satisfaction driven by orgasm (see Figure 9 ).…”

Section: First Experiences Of Sexual Reward In Humans; or The Path Of...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral, Neural, and Molecular Mechanisms of Conditioned Mate Preference: The Role of Opioids and First Experiences of Sexual Reward

Quintana

Cionnaith

Pfaus

2022

IJMS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Although mechanisms of mate preference are thought to be relatively hard-wired, experience with appetitive and consummatory sexual reward has been shown to condition preferences for partner related cues and even objects that predict sexual reward. Here, we reviewed evidence from laboratory species and humans on sexually conditioned place, partner, and ejaculatory preferences in males and females, as well as the neurochemical, molecular, and epigenetic mechanisms putatively responsible. From a comprehensive review of the available data, we concluded that opioid transmission at μ opioid receptors forms the basis of sexual pleasure and reward, which then sensitizes dopamine, oxytocin, and vasopressin systems responsible for attention, arousal, and bonding, leading to cortical activation that creates awareness of attraction and desire. First experiences with sexual reward states follow a pattern of sexual imprinting, during which partner- and/or object-related cues become crystallized by conditioning into idiosyncratic “types” that are found sexually attractive and arousing. These mechanisms tie reward and reproduction together, blending proximate and ultimate causality in the maintenance of variability within a species.

show abstract

Sexual Function and Satisfaction in Couples with Infertility: A Closer Look at the Role of Personal and Relational Characteristics

Cited by 14 publications

References 84 publications

Psychological distress, emotion regulation, neuroticism, and sexual relationship on patients with temporary ejaculation failure in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer treatment

Psychological distress, emotion regulation, neuroticism, and sexual relationship on patients with temporary ejaculation failure in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer treatment

Education based on the Trans-Theoretical Model on sexual function of married women in Iran

Behavioral, Neural, and Molecular Mechanisms of Conditioned Mate Preference: The Role of Opioids and First Experiences of Sexual Reward

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About