The treatment of secondary orgasmic dysfunction II

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of group treatment on women with secondary orgasmic dysfunction and their partners. Eleven couples received 4 hours of basic sex education, after which seven of the couples received a Combination treatment format consisting of communication skills followed by sexual skills, while four of the couples received the opposite sequence. No significant differences were found between the two sequences. When compared with similarly recruited control couples in a previous study, a significantly greater number of treated women reached or exceeded the 50% criterion for coital orgasmic functioning after treatment. Couples who reported a better relationship adjustment prior to treatment reported a significantly greater gain in total sexual harmony than did less adjusted couples. Across the treatment conditions, women who had reached coital orgasm prior to treatment reported a significantly greater increase in relationship adjustment between the post-sex education and 6-month follow-up testing periods than women who had never reached coital orgasm. Some discrepancies in outcome were found in comparison with our earlier study, suggesting that subject heterogeneity may influence differential outcomes.