man's health

106 Testing a psychosocial model of male sexual desire

Objectives: The literature lacks studies of male sexual desire
under the umbrella of the Biopsychosocial approach. The aim of this study was to evaluate and test in a general conceptual model
the role of selected psychological and social variables affecting
male sexual desire such as sexual function, sexism, and cognitiveemotional
factors.
Material and Method(s): Psychosocial variables were selected
from a previous study on the best predictors of male sexual desire
in a group of 450 heterosexual Italian men (age 31.36±10.73).

108 Psychosocial predictors of male sexual desire

Objectives: The literature shows a few biopsychosocial studies
on sexual desire in men. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
role of selected psychological and social variables affecting male
sexual desire such as Quality of Life (QoL), sexual function,
distress, satisfaction, psychological symptoms, emotions, alexithymia,
couple adjustment, sexism, cognitive schemas activated
in a sexual context, sexual dysfunctional beliefs, and different
classes of cognitions triggered during sexual activity about failure

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