Anxiety and Female Sexual Functioning: An Empirical Study

@article{Dttore2013AnxietyAF,
  title={Anxiety and Female Sexual Functioning: An Empirical Study},
  author={Davide D{\`e}ttore and Martina Pucciarelli and Emiliano Santarnecchi},
  journal={Journal of Sex \& Marital Therapy},
  year={2013},
  volume={39},
  pages={216 - 240}
}
Previous research regarding anxiety and female sexual functioning has yielded conflicting conclusions. This study examined the effect of state/trait anxiety and anxiety sensitivity on sexual responding and the propensity toward sexual inhibition/excitation in women without an anxiety disorder (n = 100, M age = 28.8 years) compared with women with an anxiety disorder (panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, n = 30, M age = 30.2 years). Participants completed self-report measures of state… 
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