2849 ORIGINAL RESEARCH—PSYCHOLOGY Predictors of Body Appearance Cognitive Distraction during Sexual Activity in Men and Women jsm_2893 2849..2860 Patrícia Pascoal, MSc,* Isabel Narciso, PhD,* and Nuno Monteiro Pereira, PhD, MD† *Faculty of Psychology,...
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2849 ORIGINAL RESEARCH—PSYCHOLOGY Predictors of Body Appearance Cognitive Distraction during Sexual Activity in Men and Women jsm_2893 2849..2860 Patrícia Pascoal, MSc,* Isabel Narciso, PhD,* and Nuno Monteiro Pereira, PhD, MD† *Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; †iSEX—Association for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02893.x ABSTRACT Introduction. Cognitive distraction is a core concept in cognitive models of sexual dysfunction. Body appearance cognitive distraction during sexual activity (BACDSA) has been mainly studied among female college samples. However, the relative contribution of different indicators of body dissatisfaction among men and women from community samples, including the contribution of relationship variables to BACDSA, has yet to be examined. Aim. The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which aspects of body dissatisfaction and relationship variables predi
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