Abstract
The current study takes an integrative approach, considering individual transdiagnostic processes and relationship outcomes. It assumes an interdependence approach and aims to test a dyadic model to analyze the impact of worry and relationship satisfaction on heterosexual couples’ sexual distress, an essential factor for diagnosing sexual dysfunction. The current study recruited 103 couples from the community to complete an online survey containing the Female Sexual Distress Scale–Revised, the Penn State Worry Questionnaire – Abbreviated, and the Global Measure of Relationship Satisfaction. The results show that women’s and men’s worries are associated with their own sexual distress, and men’s relationship satisfaction has an effect on their own and their partner’s sexual distress. These results highlight the critical role of cognitive processes in shaping the experience of sexual distress and reinforce the importance of taking an integrative perspective that considers relationship (satisfaction), individual (worry) and social factors (gender) in interventions to treat sexual distress.
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