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THE RECIPROCAL DYNAMICS OF NORMATIVE AFFECTIVE STATES AND PATHOLOGICAL MOOD WITH FEMALE SEXUAL PROBLEMS: A DAILY STUDY OF YOUNG WOMEN

Kalmbach, David A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1404306961

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2014, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
The associations of anxiety and depression with sexual problems have been the topic of much women’s health research. Prior investigations have shown both depression and anxiety to be related to impaired female sexual function. Recent studies have shown that depression and anxiety are differently related to various aspects of women’s sexual health. What remains unclear is the directionality of these relations. While concurrent effects have been reliably found between mood and sexual health, inconsistent results regarding temporal precedence in either direction leaves their directionality unclear. Additionally, though symptoms of mood disorders are related to problems with sexual function, it remains unclear if changes in sexual function are also related to change in normative affective states (e.g., sadness, happiness, fear). By prospectively assessing daily levels of mood and sexual function, our findings demonstrate that both pathological mood and normative affective states are related to sexual health, and that these relations are more proximal than distal. That changes in many indices of sexual function accompany changes in both daily and syndromal mood emphasizes the close nature of affective and sexual health. Additionally, a number of temporal relations were observed, including cyclical patterns of influence between mood and certain indices of sexual function, including desire, arousal, and self-image. Future directions, including the role of sexual distress in the relation between affective and sexual problems, are discussed.
Jeffrey Ciesla, PhD (Advisor)
Janis Crowther, PhD (Committee Member)
Sheryl Kingsberg, PhD (Committee Member)
John Updegraff, PhD (Committee Member)
Mark Bracher, PhD (Other)
76 p.
Psychology
Female sexual function; depression; anxiety; sexual distress; normative affect

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  • Kalmbach, D. A. (2014). THE RECIPROCAL DYNAMICS OF NORMATIVE AFFECTIVE STATES AND PATHOLOGICAL MOOD WITH FEMALE SEXUAL PROBLEMS: A DAILY STUDY OF YOUNG WOMEN [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1404306961

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kalmbach, David. THE RECIPROCAL DYNAMICS OF NORMATIVE AFFECTIVE STATES AND PATHOLOGICAL MOOD WITH FEMALE SEXUAL PROBLEMS: A DAILY STUDY OF YOUNG WOMEN. 2014. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1404306961.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kalmbach, David. "THE RECIPROCAL DYNAMICS OF NORMATIVE AFFECTIVE STATES AND PATHOLOGICAL MOOD WITH FEMALE SEXUAL PROBLEMS: A DAILY STUDY OF YOUNG WOMEN." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1404306961

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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