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Sexual Satisfaction in Women with Physical Disabilities: Results of an Online Survey

Heschel, Jessica Rose
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1309388680

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2012, Doctor of Psychology (PsyD), Wright State University, School of Professional Psychology.
The study of sexual satisfaction and pleasure in Women with Disabilities (WwD) represents a significant gap in the current literature. The present study, using a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, attempted to explore several areas of the sexual satisfaction of WwD. An internet-based survey was used to gather information in five specific areas: the messages WwD had received about sexuality and disability, their personal feelings about sexuality and disability, the specific elements that contribute to their sexual satisfaction, the amount of useful education and information they had received from mental and physical healthcare providers regarding their sexuality as WwD, and the degree to which professionals and institutions have negatively affected their sexual satisfaction. Results reflected the particular importance of several relational aspects of sexual satisfaction, as well as the importance of body image for WwD. Implications for the provision of services to WwD and for future research are discussed.
Julie Williams, Psy.D., C.R.C., ABPP (Committee Chair)
Heather Wilder, Psy.D. (Committee Member)
Betty Yung, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
121 p.
Clinical Psychology; Counseling Psychology; Health Care; Medicine; Mental Health; Psychology; Rehabilitation; Sociology; Womens Studies
Women; Disability; PWD; Sex; Sexual Satisfaction

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  • Heschel, J. R. (2012). Sexual Satisfaction in Women with Physical Disabilities: Results of an Online Survey [Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1309388680

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Heschel, Jessica. Sexual Satisfaction in Women with Physical Disabilities: Results of an Online Survey. 2012. Wright State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1309388680.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Heschel, Jessica. "Sexual Satisfaction in Women with Physical Disabilities: Results of an Online Survey." Doctoral dissertation, Wright State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1309388680

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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