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Associations between Affect, Context, and Sexual Desire in Depressed Young Women

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ID10211161
AuthorsClare Mehta (0000-0003-4897-6160, Boston Children's Hospital, corresponding author), Clare M Mehta (Boston Children's Hospital), Courtney Walls (Boston Children's Hospital), Emily Blood (0000-0003-4086-4578, Children's Hospital), Emily A Blood (Harvard Medical School), Lydia A Shrier (0000-0002-9648-9319, Boston Children's Hospital)
Year2013
Volume51
Issue5
Pages577-585
Publication date2013-04-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00224499.2012.753026
PMID23631748
OpenAlexW2008663137
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited55

We investigated associations of sexual desire with time of day, physical and social context, and positive and negative affect using momentary sampling in 44 depressed young women (mean age = 18). Analyses revealed that depressed young women experienced sexual desire when with their boyfriends and later in the evening. Sexual desire was also positively associated with positive affect. Sexual desire was not associated with negative affect or physical context. This research suggests that sexual desire is experienced by depressed young women in normative developmental social contexts. Our findings may help clinicians and sexual health educators in correcting the myth that depressed women do not have sexual desire

Affect (linguistics · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Evening · Human sexuality · Normative · Sexual desire · Social environment · Young adult · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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