Early Maladaptive Schemas and Automatic Thoughts In Sexually Dysfunctional Men

Abstract

The aim of the present study case was to show the evidence of the associations between sexual dysfunction in men and early maladaptive schemas, automatic thoughts. The major objective of this study was to identify the role of early maladaptive schemas (EMS) in male sexual functioning and clarify the way these cognitive structures differentiate men with and without sexual dysfunction. The participants of this study completed three measures evaluating YSQ (Young and Brown, 1989), Sexual Modes Questionnaire (SMQ) (Nombre&Pinto-Gouveia,2000) and The Questionnaire of Cognitive Schema Activation in Sexual Context (QCSASC, Nombre&Pinto-Gouveia,2009). Findings supported the hypothesis of a typical cognitive pattern in men with sexual difficulties. Men with sexual dysfunction reported more dependence/incompetence early maladaptive schemas and activated more difference, helpless, and particularly incompetence schemas in hypothetical unsuccessful sexual situations, in comparison to sexually healthy men. Male sexual dysfunction has long been regarded as being common. Recently, awareness of normal male sexual function and causes of sexual dysfunction have become better understood, and more effective treatments are available. Male sexual dysfunction includes erectile dysfunction, diminished libido and abnormal ejaculation. Measurement of this study was conducted separately for the dysfunctional and the control group. This study was aimed at examining the relation among the sexual performance, emotional responses, activated maladaptive schemas. Men having sexual difficulties were compared with sexually functional men to find out how the two groups of men differ from each other. The aim of this study was to see the connection between sexual dysfunction at men and maladaptive schemas/automatic thoughts. Sexually heathy men (N=3) and men with sexual dysfunction (N=3) were compared.