Essays about: "Vaginismus"

Found 2 essays containing the word Vaginismus.

1. 1. Personlighet och Alexitymi hos unga kvinnor med samlagssmärta – en pilotstudie

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Zackarias Jerneck; [2015]
   Keywords : vestibulodynia.; vaginismus; Twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Temperament and Character Inventory – Revised; temperament; TCI-R; psychosomatics; personality; alexithymia; character; dyspareunia; Social Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Aim. To investigate personality, alexithymia and personal relations in a cohort of seven women with superficial dyspareunia based on either LPV (localized provoced vestibulodynia) or painful vaginism. The purpose was to find background personality variables to address later in psychotherapy. Methods. READ MORE

3. 2. Confessions. Structural mechanisms for regulation, interpretation and knowledge of vulvar pain

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Rebecka Fingalsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Confessions; Control; Pain management; Vulvar pain; Provoked vestibulodynia; Vaginismus; Chronic pain; Female; Femininity; Sexual health; Women; Diagnosis; Pain; Sexuality; Coital pain; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Vulvar pain has been known of for thousands of years but the general knowledge of vulvar pain is limited and the condition receives less medical attention than other disorders. Previous research focus on physical and/or psychological causes, treatment strategies and problematizing female sexuality due to women’s inability to engage in sexual intercourse. READ MORE