Abstract

Sexual desire disorders are highly prevalent, account for a significant proportion of sexual problems, and affect important aspects of women's lives. Sexuality research has traditionally focused on dysfunction models, rather than human strengths approaches. Recently, positive psychologists have developed models and methods to examine human strengths. This study used Frederickson's Broaden and Build model to examine links between positive emotions and sexual desire among women. Positive emotions words were examined relative to sexual domains frequently cited in clinical studies, and compared to sexual cognitions which have been linked to positive sexual outcomes in past studies.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3354021; ProQuest document ID: 304932804. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Elizabeth J. Brough, PhD

Sigma Membership

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Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Sexuality, Sexual Self-Schemas, Women's Health, Psychology

Advisor

Bonnie Hagerty

Second Advisor

Reginald Williams

Third Advisor

Christopher Peterson

Fourth Advisor

Dennis Sugrue

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Michigan

Degree Year

2009

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-07-14

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