TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual Satisfaction in Spouses of Ex-POWs
T2 - The Role of PTSD Symptoms and Self-Differentiation
AU - Lahav, Yael
AU - Price, Naomi
AU - Crompton, Laura
AU - Laufer, Avital
AU - Solomon, Zahava
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/11/17
Y1 - 2019/11/17
N2 - Spouses of former prisoners-of-war (ex-POWs) are at risk for posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and marital distress. This study assessed the implications of PTSS and self-differentiation for sexual satisfaction among 90 ex-POWs’ spouses and 75 matched combatants’ spouses from the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Standardized questionnaires were used. Ex-POWs’ spouses had elevated PTSS and imbalanced self-differentiation. PTSS were associated with poorer self-differentiation and lower sexual satisfaction. Imbalanced self-differentiation mediated the association between PTSS and sexual satisfaction. The findings imply that PTSS and imbalanced self-differentiation contribute to low sexual satisfaction among spouses of primary trauma survivors.
AB - Spouses of former prisoners-of-war (ex-POWs) are at risk for posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and marital distress. This study assessed the implications of PTSS and self-differentiation for sexual satisfaction among 90 ex-POWs’ spouses and 75 matched combatants’ spouses from the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Standardized questionnaires were used. Ex-POWs’ spouses had elevated PTSS and imbalanced self-differentiation. PTSS were associated with poorer self-differentiation and lower sexual satisfaction. Imbalanced self-differentiation mediated the association between PTSS and sexual satisfaction. The findings imply that PTSS and imbalanced self-differentiation contribute to low sexual satisfaction among spouses of primary trauma survivors.
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U2 - 10.1080/0092623x.2019.1594478
DO - 10.1080/0092623x.2019.1594478
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C2 - 30924723
AN - SCOPUS:85071317092
SN - 0092-623X
VL - 45
SP - 755
EP - 766
JO - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
JF - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
IS - 8
ER -