SEXUAL FANTASIES, SEXUAL FUNCTIONING, AND HYSTERIA AMONG WOMEN: A Test of Freud's (1905) Hypothesis

In Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality , Freud (1986) wrote of a relationship between hysteria and sexuality and commented that hysteria was precipitated by the onset of a real sexual situation. Here, the scores on a measure of hysteria and sexual fantasies of student women who were ( n = 93) an...

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Published in:Psychoanalytic psychology 2007-10, Vol.24 (4), p.697-700
Main Authors: Cogan, Rosemary, Cochran, Bradley S, Velarde, Luis C, Calkins, Heather B, Chenault, Natalie E, Cody, Dana L, Kelley, Matthew D, Kubicek, Steven J, Loving, Adam R, Noriega, Jose P, Phelan, Kathleen A, Seigle, Sarah C, Stout, Troy I, Styles, Jared W, Williams, Henry A
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Language:English
Subjects:
Female
Freud (Sigmund)
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Human
Hysteria
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
Psychosexual Behavior
Sexual Fantasy
Sexuality
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Summary:In Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality , Freud (1986) wrote of a relationship between hysteria and sexuality and commented that hysteria was precipitated by the onset of a real sexual situation. Here, the scores on a measure of hysteria and sexual fantasies of student women who were ( n = 93) and were not ( n = 26) intercourse active were compared. Women who were intercourse active had higher scores on the PDQ4+ Histrionic scale ( Hyler, 1994 ), p < .0001, and higher scores on Wilson's Total Sexual Fantasies ( Wilson, 1988 ), p < .0001. In contrast, the PDQ4+ Obsessiveness scale ( Hyler, 1994 ) scores of women in the 2 groups did not differ, p = .65. The results provide empirical support for a relationship between hysteria and sexuality.
ISSN:0736-9735
1939-1331
DOI:10.1037/0736-9735.24.4.697