Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity?
Objective: To investigate the correlation between sexual desire and sexual arousal among Malaysian women in a primary care setting. Methods: The Malay Version of Female Sexual Function Index (MVFSI) was used to assess low sexual desire and lack of sexual arousal among the respondents. A total of 230...
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| author | Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei Midin, Marhani Wan Puteh, Sharifah Ezat Musa, Ramli Sidi, Hatta |
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| description | Objective: To investigate the correlation between sexual desire and sexual arousal among Malaysian women in a primary care setting. Methods: The Malay Version of Female Sexual Function Index (MVFSI) was used to assess low sexual desire and lack of sexual arousal among the respondents. A total of 230 married women aged 18 – 70 years old participated in this study. Their sociodemographic, marital profiles and correlation between low sexual desire and lack of sexual arousal were examined. Results: More than 60% respondents with low sexual desire have co-exist low sexual arousal and 94.4% respondents with high sexual desire do have high sexual arousal ( χ²= 79.6, p <0.001 ), with correlation of r = 0.852. Conclusions: The strong correlation between sexual desire and arousal has both diagnostic and therapeutic indications, and may also strongly support the circular model (Basson-inspired model) of sexual response among women. |
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| spelling | iium-40522011-10-24T08:03:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4052/ Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei Midin, Marhani Wan Puteh, Sharifah Ezat Musa, Ramli Sidi, Hatta BF692 Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Objective: To investigate the correlation between sexual desire and sexual arousal among Malaysian women in a primary care setting. Methods: The Malay Version of Female Sexual Function Index (MVFSI) was used to assess low sexual desire and lack of sexual arousal among the respondents. A total of 230 married women aged 18 – 70 years old participated in this study. Their sociodemographic, marital profiles and correlation between low sexual desire and lack of sexual arousal were examined. Results: More than 60% respondents with low sexual desire have co-exist low sexual arousal and 94.4% respondents with high sexual desire do have high sexual arousal ( χ²= 79.6, p <0.001 ), with correlation of r = 0.852. Conclusions: The strong correlation between sexual desire and arousal has both diagnostic and therapeutic indications, and may also strongly support the circular model (Basson-inspired model) of sexual response among women. ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry 2009-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4052/1/8.ASEAN_JP_1_5_Sexual.pdf Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei and Midin, Marhani and Wan Puteh, Sharifah Ezat and Musa, Ramli and Sidi, Hatta (2009) Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 10 (1). pp. 45-53. ISSN 2231-7791 (O), 1876-2018 (P) http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/early5.htm |
| spellingShingle | BF692 Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei Midin, Marhani Wan Puteh, Sharifah Ezat Musa, Ramli Sidi, Hatta Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? |
| title | Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? |
| title_full | Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? |
| title_fullStr | Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? |
| title_short | Sexual desire and sexual arousal in Malaysian women: are they of the same entity? |
| title_sort | sexual desire and sexual arousal in malaysian women: are they of the same entity? |
| topic | BF692 Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/4052/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4052/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4052/1/8.ASEAN_JP_1_5_Sexual.pdf |