Determination of Dyadic Adjustment, Marriage and Sexual Satisfaction as Risk Factors for Women with Lifelong Vaginismus: A Case Control Study

Seyhan Çankaya and Beyza Nur Aslantaş

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 5, 848-857

Abstract: This study was conducted to assess dyadic adjustment, marriage, and sexual satisfaction as risk factors for women with lifelong vaginismus. This is a case-control study. A total of 142 women were included in the study: 71 women with a diagnosis of lifetime vaginismus constituted the study group and 71 women without a history of vaginismus/painful sexual activity constituted the control group. Data were collected using a questionnaire and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), the Marriage Satisfaction Scale (MSS), and the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS). Duration of marriage ( OR  = 1.344), frequency of sexual intercourse ( OR  = 0.059), marital satisfaction ( OR  = 1.450), sexual satisfaction ( OR  = 0.901), and consensus ( OR  = 1.749), which is a sub-dimension of RDAS, were found to be risk factors increasing likelihood of vaginismus by 83% ( χ 2  = 140.191, p  

Keywords: vaginismus; dyadic adjustment; marriage satisfaction; sexual satisfaction; Genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211046136

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