Sexual dysfunction, depression, and marital dissatisfaction among Brazilian couples

Health professionals treating sexual dysfunction and relational dissatisfaction recognize that they are multifactorial phenomena, and depression can be bidirectionally associated with both. The purpose of this study was to investigate sexual dysfunction in heterosexual couples in relation to the qua...

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Published in:Journal of sexual medicine 2023-02, Vol.20 (3), p.260-268
Main Authors: Galati, Maria Cristina Romualdo, Hollist, Cody S, do Egito, Julia Horta Tabosa, Osório, Ana Alexandra Caldas, Parra, Gilbert R, Neu, Christopher, de Moraes Horta, Ana Lucia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brazil
Depression - diagnosis
Female
Heterosexuality
Humans
Male
Marriage - psychology
Personal Satisfaction
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - epidemiology
Sexual Partners - psychology
Spouses - psychology
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Summary:Health professionals treating sexual dysfunction and relational dissatisfaction recognize that they are multifactorial phenomena, and depression can be bidirectionally associated with both. The purpose of this study was to investigate sexual dysfunction in heterosexual couples in relation to the quality of their marital relationship and depression symptoms. The sample consisted of 100 heterosexual couples recruited in Brazil. Both partners of each couple completed the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction and the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Marital Satisfaction, which were translated and adapted, and the Beck Depression Inventory, which was validated for the Brazilian population. Both partners completed their questionnaires separately, and the couple's surveys were linked to preserve conjugal data for dyadic analysis. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model was used to understand how sexual dysfunction in couples is related to depression and relationship quality among and between partners. Sexual dysfunction was found to be strongly associated with dissatisfaction in the relationship (husbands, β = 0.57, P 
ISSN:1743-6095
1743-6109
DOI:10.1093/jsxmed/qdac004