TY - JOUR
T1 - Women’s Sex-Related Dissociation
T2 - The Effects of Alcohol Intoxication, Attentional Control Instructions, and History of Childhood Sexual Abuse
AU - Bird, Elizabeth R.
AU - Gilmore, Amanda K.
AU - Stappenbeck, Cynthia A.
AU - Heiman, Julia R.
AU - Davis, Kelly Cue
AU - Norris, Jeanette
AU - George, William H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/2/17
Y1 - 2017/2/17
N2 - This study examined influences of alcohol intoxication, attentional control, and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) severity on sex-related dissociation. Sex-related dissociation is defined here as dissociation (e.g., feeling as if the world is unreal and feeling disconnected from one's body) during sexual activity or in the presence of sexual stimuli. Women (N = 70) were randomized to a 2 (alcohol condition: none,.10% peak breath alcohol concentration) X 2 (attentional control instructions: none, “relax and maximize” sexual arousal) experiment and exposed to sexual stimuli. Alcohol intoxication was positively associated with sex-related dissociation. CSA severity and sex-related dissociation were positively associated in the no-instruction condition but not in the “relax and maximize” condition. For some women, efforts to relax and maximize sexual arousal may buffer the association between CSA and sex-related dissociation.
AB - This study examined influences of alcohol intoxication, attentional control, and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) severity on sex-related dissociation. Sex-related dissociation is defined here as dissociation (e.g., feeling as if the world is unreal and feeling disconnected from one's body) during sexual activity or in the presence of sexual stimuli. Women (N = 70) were randomized to a 2 (alcohol condition: none,.10% peak breath alcohol concentration) X 2 (attentional control instructions: none, “relax and maximize” sexual arousal) experiment and exposed to sexual stimuli. Alcohol intoxication was positively associated with sex-related dissociation. CSA severity and sex-related dissociation were positively associated in the no-instruction condition but not in the “relax and maximize” condition. For some women, efforts to relax and maximize sexual arousal may buffer the association between CSA and sex-related dissociation.
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U2 - 10.1080/0092623X.2015.1124304
DO - 10.1080/0092623X.2015.1124304
M3 - Article
C2 - 26735683
AN - SCOPUS:84964491301
SN - 0092-623X
VL - 43
SP - 121
EP - 131
JO - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
JF - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
IS - 2
ER -