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The Power of the Present: Effects of Three Mindfulness Tasks on Women’s Sexual Response
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Julia Velten, Lori A. Brotto, Meredith L. Chivers, Gerrit Hirschfeld, Jürgen Margraf
- 학회/출판사/기관명SAGE PERIODICALS INC
- 출판년도2020
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기Clinical Psychological Science
- 발행사항Vol.8No.1[2020]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN2167-7026
- 소개/요약Mindfulness-based interventions are effective at improving sexual dysfunctions in women, yet the mechanisms of action are less clear. Our objective was to investigate the impact of three mindfulness exercises on women’s sexual response. Forty-nine women participated in a laboratory session involving a series of 5-minute exercises and erotic films. They completed three mindfulness-based exercises and a mental imagery task. Genital and subjective arousal were measured continuously during erotic films and genital arousal was measured during the exercises. A focus on the genitals led to greater genital arousal during the exercise. A focus on sensations in the body and on the genitals was associated with greater subjective sexual arousal during erotic films. Effects were small in size. Taken together, the focus of attention during a mindfulness practice may differentially impact genital versus subjective sexual arousal, and has implications for women experiencing difficulties in different aspects of sexual response.
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