Temporal Relationships Between Pain During Intercourse (PDI), Loneliness, and Depressive Symptoms Among Women

Background: Painful sex can lead to increased psychological distress, including major depressive disorder, and the experience of loneliness may explain this association. Aims: We aimed to investigate loneliness as a mediator between painful sex and depressive symptoms and hypothesized that women who...

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Main Authors: Madison E. Stout, MS, Misty A.W. Hawkins, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021-12-01
Series:Sexual Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2050116121001240