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Sexual response in men with inhibited or retarded ejaculation

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Inhibited ejaculation (IE) is a poorly understood male sexual dysfunction having both somatic and psychological etiologies. This study investigated sexual response in 25 IE men with no probable somatic cause. Using a standard psychophysiological assessment procedure, these men were compared with sexually functional and other dysfunctional groups on two measures of sexual response: erectile response and self-reported sexual arousal. Within the sample of IE men, sexual response was investigated as a function of both diagnostic classification and relationship factors. Differences occurred between IE men and the other groups on erectile response and self-reported sexual arousal during psychosexual stimulation in the lab, with IE men reporting lowest levels of sexual arousal. Within the IE group, diagnostic classifications and relationship variables were also related to self-reported sexual arousal. These findings suggest that inhibited arousal may be fairly common among IE men having no apparent somatic etiology, and further that several specific relationship factors may provide potential strategies for enhancing arousal in these men.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA

    D L Rowland & C Keeney

  2. Department of Reproduction and Development, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    A K Slob

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Rowland, D., Keeney, C. & Slob, A. Sexual response in men with inhibited or retarded ejaculation. Int J Impot Res 16, 270–274 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijir.3901156

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