Abstract
The goal of this study is to better understand the relation between the practice of Mindfulness and the sexual activity, sexual satisfaction and erotic fantasies of Spanish-speaking participants. This research focuses on the comparison between people who practice Mindfulness versus naïve people, and explores the practice of Mindfulness and its relation with the following variables about sexuality: body awareness and bodily dissociation, personal sexual satisfaction, partner and relationship-related satisfaction, desire, subjective sexual arousal, genital arousal, orgasm, pain, attitudes towards sexual fantasies and types of sexual fantasies. The sample consisted of 106 selected adults, 32 men and 74 women, who completed six measures on an online survey platform: (a) Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), (b) Scale of Body Connection (SBC), (c) New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NSSS), (d) Scale of Sexual Activity in Women (SSA-W) and Men (SSA-M), (e) Hurlbert Index of Sexual Fantasy (HISF), (f) Wilson’s Sex Fantasy Questionnaire. In the MAAS, Body Awareness subscale (SBC), NSSS, SSA-W and SSA-M, HISF and intimate fantasies subscale (Wilson’s questionnaire), people in the Mindfulness condition showed higher scores and these differences were statistically significant. These results may have relevant implications in the sexuality of clinical and non-clinical samples.
Highlights
Mindfulness is a translation of the Pali word “Sati”, which does not have a literal translation in Spanish [1] but refers to the ability to become aware of the present
This research has explored the practice of Mindfulness and its relation to sexual activity and the results indicate that the practice of Mindfulness improves sexual health and sexual satisfaction
It shows that Mindfulness participants have a greater tendency to pay attention to corporal sensations and sexual stimulus, which implies that they were freer of judgment and self-criticism related to carrying out sexual performance, which results in an enhancement in the field of sexuality, and subsequently in their quality of life
Summary
Mindfulness is a translation of the Pali word “Sati”, which does not have a literal translation in Spanish [1] but refers to the ability to become aware of the present. Defined Mindfulness as a form of “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally” (p.4) [6]. The results of the practice of Mindfulness have been researched in several fields, including health, education and work or business [1]. In the field of mental health, the efficiency of Mindfulness has been demonstrated in people diagnosed with depression [7], in the prevention of depression relapses [8], in somatization disorder [9], suicide prevention [10], general anxiety [11], addictions [12], personality disorders [13], prevention of eating disorders [14], among others. Research into the practice of Mindfulness in relation to sexuality is limited, both in the clinical [15] and, especially, in non-clinical population [16]
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