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Studies examining the etiology of problematic sexual behavior (PSB) among pre-teen children often rely on identifying correlational relationships without examining potential causal mechanisms. This study describes an exploratory analysis of a potential mediational model where child sexual abuse (CSA) and child physical abuse (CPA) predict the onset of PSB through their impact on the emergence of posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and self-dysregulation. The caregivers of 189 children between the ages of 3 and 11 years presenting for mental health treatment in the United States completed a battery of measures designed to assess each of the variables in the model. Cross-sectional, regression-based mediational analyses showed that the overall model performed adequately ( = 0.33, = 0.11, = 3.07, = .004). CSA exerted a direct effect on PSB that was not mediated through either PTS or self-dysregulation. However, no direct effect for CPA was found. Rather, CPA exerted a significant effect on the display of self-dysregulation, which in turn was associated with PSB. These results are discussed in light of clinical implications and directions for further research.

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Title:
Etiological Pathways to the Emergence of Preteen Problematic Sexual Behavior: An Exploratory Mediational Model.

Author(s):
Allen B

Summary:
This study looked at how bad things that happen to kids, like abuse, might lead to behavior problems by making them feel stressed or unable to control themselves. They found that when kids experienced sexual abuse, it directly caused behavior problems. But when kids experienced physical abuse, it led to problems controlling themselves, which then caused behavior problems.

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pubmed id: 36120955 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a common autoimmune dermatological condition that is often under-diagnosed in women and has been documented to affect quality of life and sexual function.

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Title:
Lichen Sclerosus and Sexual Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Author(s):
Pope R; Lee MH; Myers A; Song J; Abou Ghayda R; Kim JY; Hong SH; Lee SB; Koyanagi A; Jacob L; Smith L; Shin JI

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Lichen sclerosus is a skin problem that affects women. It can make their lives and relationships harder, but it is often not noticed.

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pubmed id: 36115787 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Faking orgasm by women reportedly occurs quite frequently, with both relationship characteristics and orgasmic difficulty being significant predictors.

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Title:
Motives that Mediate the Associations Between Relationship Satisfaction, Orgasmic Difficulty, and the Frequency of Faking Orgasm.

Author(s):
Hevesi K; Horvath Z; Miklos E; Sal D; Rowland DL

Summary:
Some women pretend to have an orgasm. This happens often and is linked to how their relationship is going and how hard it is for them to have a real orgasm.

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pubmed id: 36115263 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Low sexual desire in women is usually studied as a problem, one that is located within women. However, other possibilities exist, including known gender inequities related to heteronormative gender roles. In this study, we provide the first test of the theory that heteronormativity is related to low sexual desire in women partnered with men, focusing specifically on inequities in the division of household labor. In two studies with women who were partnered with men and had children (Study 1, N = 677; Study 2, N = 396), performing a large proportion of household labor was associated with significantly lower sexual desire for a partner. Together, the results suggest that this association was mediated by both perceiving the partner as a dependent and perceiving the division of labor as unfair. These results support the heteronormativity theory of low sexual desire in women partnered with men, and show that gender inequities are important, though understudied, contributors to low desire in women partnered with men.

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Title:
Gender Inequities in Household Labor Predict Lower Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men.

Author(s):
Harris EA; Gormezano AM; van Anders SM

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The study found that when women do most of the housework, they often have lower interest in being close with their partner. This happens because they might feel like their partner relies too much on them and that the chores are shared unfairly. The research shows that unfair sharing of chores can play a big role in why some women don't feel like being close with their partners.

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pubmed id: 36112330 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Mean active degree is an important proxy measure of cross-sectional network connectivity commonly used in HIV/sexually transmitted infection epidemiology research. No current studies have compared measurement methods of mean degree using a cross-sectional study design for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States. We compared mean degree estimates based on reported ongoing main and casual sexual partnerships (current method) against dates of first and last sex (retrospective method).

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Title:
Comparing Sexual Network Mean Active Degree Measurement Metrics Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Author(s):
Chandra C; Morris M; Van Meter C; Goodreau SM; Sanchez T; Janulis P; Birkett M; Jenness SM

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Researchers studied ways to measure how men who have sex with men (MSM) connect with each other in the U.S. They compared two different methods to see how well each one estimates the number of partners these men have.

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pubmed id: 36112005 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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Partner Notification (PN) is a key public health service to alert the partners of patients diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection and then support these individuals to test. Partner Notification is a challenge to deliver because of the personal nature of this communication and the time it requires to deliver effectively. Digital tools have been developed to support patients to inform their partners; unfortunately, it has not been possible to measure engagement with-and the impact of-these solutions. A digital PN tool (dPNt) was developed for use by the health care provider to (1) deliver anonymous PN, (2) support the partner to locate and test at an appropriate local service, and (3) track real-time outcome metrics. To assess the usefulness of this tool we analyzed dPNt adoption and performance in the delivery of PN services.

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Title:
An Evaluation of Digital Partner Notification Tool Engagement and Impact for Patients Diagnosed With Gonorrhea and Syphilis.

Author(s):
Folke T; Menon-Johansson AS

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Telling partners about infections can be hard because it's personal and takes time. A digital tool was created to help doctors notify partners without sharing patient names, guide them to testing places, and track results. Scientists studied how well this tool works.

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pubmed id: 36112002 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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To examine innate immunity predictors of HIV-1 acquisition as biomarkers of HSV-2 risk and biological basis for epidemiologically established HIV-1 predisposition in HSV-2 infected women.

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Title:
Cervical and systemic innate immunity predictors of HIV risk linked to genital herpes acquisition and time from HSV-2 seroconversion.

Author(s):
Govender Y; Morrison CS; Chen PL; Gao X; Yamamoto H; Chipato T; Anderson S; Barbieri R; Salata R; Doncel GF; Fichorova RN

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Researchers looked at signs in the body that might show who will get HIV-1, a type of virus. They studied women who already have another virus, called HSV-2, to understand why they might be more likely to get HIV-1.

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pubmed id: 36104248 Indexed on February 9th, 2025

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting social distancing measures have caused widespread social and economic disruptions, resulting in spikes in unemployment and financial instability, along with drastic changes to people's ability to feel socially connected. Many of the changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are risk factors for depressive symptoms, which are associated with lower levels of sexual desire. The current research (N = 4,993) examined whether responses to external stressors brought on by COVID-19 (i.e., financial concern, worry, loneliness, stress) were associated with sexual desire among a multi-national sample of people in relationships (Studies 1-2), and whether this association was, in part, due to reports of depressive symptoms (Study 2). In the period immediately following the onset of the pandemic, more financial concern (Study 1) and worry (Study 2) were associated with higher sexual desire, while other factors, like stress (Studies 1-2), were associated with lower desire. We also followed a subset of participants every two weeks during the initial stages of the pandemic and at times when people reported greater stress, loneliness, financial strain, or worry than their average, they reported greater depressive symptoms, which was, in turn, associated with lower sexual desire. Results suggest that the social isolation and stress resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have mixed associations with sexual desire at the onset of the pandemic. But over time, when people report heightened COVID-related stressors, they tend to report lower sexual desire for their partner, in part because these stressors are associated with more depressive symptoms.

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Title:
Sexual Desire in the Time of COVID-19: How COVID-Related Stressors Are Associated with Sexual Desire in Romantic Relationships.

Author(s):
Balzarini RN; Muise A; Zoppolat G; Gesselman AN; Lehmiller JJ; Garcia JR; Slatcher RB; Mark KP

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The COVID-19 pandemic made people feel worried and stressed, which changed how they felt about being close to others. At the start, some felt more desire, but over time, as stress and loneliness grew, people felt less desire because they became more sad and worried.

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pubmed id: 36100726 Indexed on February 9th, 2025