Sexual pain and difficulties with sexual intercourse in women, formerly diagnosed as
dyspareunia and vaginismus and reconceptualised as genito-pelvic pain/penetration�…

Female sexual pain is a common problem affecting women worldwide yet remains a poorly
researched area of women's sexual health. Dyspareunia and vaginismus are two types of�…

Our understanding of the sexual pain disorders vaginismus and dyspareunia has been
fundamentally altered over the past two decades due to increased attention and empirically�…

Knowledge on etiological and risk factors of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder, formerly
classified as dyspareunia and vaginismus, is limited. The Operationalized Psychodynamic�…

In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) the
female sexual pain disorders vaginismus and dyspareunia have been merged into the�…

Dyspareunia (coital pain) is a very sensitive issue for women. Painful intercourse directly
impacts sexual intimacy in women's relationships and so affects an emotionally charged�…

Introduction Although the relevance of cognitions has been implicated in the etiology,
explanatory models, and treatment of female sexual pain disorders, an instrument that�…

The origin of women's sexual pain and difficulties with intercourse is still under-researched.
The aim of this study was to examine women's constructions of origins. Twenty-eight�…

Dyspareunia and vaginismus are frustrating women's health problems that only recently
have received important research attention. Experiencing pain and vaginal penetration�…

Sexual pain during penetration is experienced by approximately 15% of women, however,
treatment for sexual pain dysfunctions, such as vulvodynia and vaginismus, have generally�…