The Relationship between Personality Types and Sexual Dysfunction

Abstract

Background: Sexual function is affected by various physiological and psychological factors. Individual differences and various personality types are effective in response to sexual function. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the correlation between sexual function and personality types among the women referred to healthcare centers in Shiraz in 2014-2015. Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 514 women referred to healthcare centers in Shiraz. The study data were collected using a demographic information form, Female Sexual Function Index, and NEO Personality Inventory. Written informed consent forms were also obtained from the participants. After all, the data were analysed through the SPSS software, version 19, using t-test, chi-square test, and Fisher’s exact test. Results: The results showed that sexual desire disorder in 39% of the participants, sexual arousal disorder in 38.6%, orgasm disorder in 25.5%, and sexual pain in 33%. The results also indicated that sexual desire, arousal, and pain were significantly associated with extroversion and reversely related to neuroticism. Conclusions: The score of extroversion was higher in the individuals without sexual dysfunction, while the score of neuroticism was higher among those with sexual dysfunction. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the women’s personality types as a technique for assessment of sexual dysfunction.

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

“…Facing various pressures caused by infertility, these people are more likely to produce and accumulate negative emotions such as anxiety and depression (Maroufizadeh et al, 2015). The present study indicated that neurotic personality may influence the normal process in the sexual function of men, which is consistent with the research that sexual dysfunction is accompanied with a higher score of neuroticism (Hosseini et al, 2021). We speculated that the psychological distress may mediate the association between neuroticism and sexual dysfunction.…”

“…In addition, neurotic personality also has a predictive effect on TEF occurrence (Hosseini et al, 2021). Neurotic people are prone to illogical thinking, poor impulse control, and poor stress management, consistent with the previous studies, people with neurotic personalities have higher levels of psychological distress and are more likely to suffer from common mental illnesses (Jeronimus et al, 2014(Jeronimus et al, , 2016.…”