Vaginismus and its correlates

The assessment of penetration cognitions and sexual functionality of women with sexual pain disorder in a Turkish sample: a comparative study

“…22 Although lack of sexual knowledge is not reported as an etiological factor in some studies carried out in Western countries, the result from our study shows the importance of improving sexual knowledge in our country, and it underlines the necessity of providing education on sexual anatomy and physiology in the first step of the treatment. 5,21,39,40 In terms of marital adjustment and attractiveness of husband, no significant difference was found between three groups. Most of the patients and the control group evaluated their marital adjustment as 'good' or 'moderate', and reported that they find their husbands attractive.…”

“…It can be speculated that vaginismus and dyspareunia do not harm marital adjustment, and the patients whose marital adjustment is smooth start treatment whereas the patients whose marital adjustment is problematic have marital breakdown. 5,21,22 However, more systematical research are needed to establish a definite conclusion.…”

“…Many recent studies represent that women with vaginismus have wide range of sexual problems, [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] and at least one study disclose that these sexual problems bear a resemblance to women with dyspareunia. 41 Our findings support the results of these recent studies.…”

“…30 Turkey is a country located in Middle East territory in which Islam has a strong preponderance, and vaginismus is rather a common disorder both in general population and sexual dysfunction clinics. 16,21,[31][32][33][34] Although there are few studies evaluating vaginal penetration cognitions in Western countries, to our knowledge, there is no study on this topic in the non-Western countries, including Turkey. In this case-control study, it is aimed to compare three groups of Turkish women with lifelong vaginismus, dyspareunia and no complaint during sexual intercourse with regards to some factors such as sexual knowledge, sexual behavioral characteristics, sexual dysfunctions and vaginal penetration cognitions.…”

Socio-Demographical And Clinical Characteristics Of Vaginismus Comparison With Other Female Sexual Dysfunction

“…Ülkemizde kadýnlarýn cinsel sorun nedeni ile psikiyatri polikliniklere en çok baþvuru nedeni vajinismustur (1,2). Vajinismusun batý toplumlarýn-da daha az görüldüðü ifade edilmektedir.…”