Article: Young women's sexual adjustment: the role of sexual self-schema, sexual self-efficacy, sexual aversion and body attitudes.

ABSTRACT: Recent epidemiological studies have revealed high prevalence rates for sexual dysfunction among young women. This study investigated the role of sexual self-schema, sexual aversion, sexual self-efficacy, and body attitudes in the sexual adjustment of a sample of 84 women between the ages of 18 and 29. Linear regression path analyses indicated that sexual self-efficacy mediated the association between sexual self-schema and sexual adjustment. Body attitudes did not appear to be related directly to sexual self-schema, sexual self-efficacy, and sexual adjustment. However, a more negative body attitude was associated with an increase in sexual aversion, which in ...

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