This document provides an overview of the key points from Chapter 13 of Abnormal Psychology Ninth Edition, which covers sexual dysfunctions, paraphilias, and gender identity disorders. The chapter examines the classification and diagnosis of various sexual disorders, including hypoactive sexual desire disorder, sexual aversion disorder, and gender identity disorder. It also explores theoretical perspectives on and therapeutic approaches to treating conditions like fetishism, voyeurism, pedophilia, and gender dysphoria. The document recaps the main topics covered in the chapter.
2. 2 Chapter 13 Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilias, and Gender Identity Disorders
3. 3 Chapter Main Points Classifying Sexual Behavior Sexual Dysfunction Sexual Dysfunction: Theory and Therapy Paraphilias Paraphilias: Theory and Therapy Gender Identity Disorders (GID)
4. 4 Sexual Dysfunctions Sexual Dysfunctions: Disorders involving either a disruption of the sexual response cycle or pain during intercourse
5. 5 Forms of Sexual Dysfunctions Sexual Desire Disorders: Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: Uninterested in sexual activity and sexual fantasy Sexual Aversion Disorder: Uninterested in sex Disgusted or frightened by sex and actively avoids it
6. 6 Forms of Sexual Dysfunctions Sexual Arousal Disorders: Female Sexual Arousal Disorder: Insufficient vaginal lubrication Male Erectile Disorder: Impotence
7. 7 Forms of Sexual Dysfunctions Orgasmic Disorders: Female Orgasmic Disorder: Women with difficulty in reaching orgasm Male Orgasmic Disorder: Men with difficulty reaching orgasm Premature Ejaculation: Man reaches orgasm before, on, or shortly after penetration
8. 8 Forms of Sexual Dysfunctions Sexual Pain Disorders: Dyspareunia: Pain during sexual activity Vaginismus: Muscles surrounding the vagina contract involuntarily
9. 9 Diagnosing Sexual Dysfunction Lifelong Dysfunction: Existed, without relief, since the person’s earliest sexual experiences Acquired Dysfunction: Develops after at least one period of normal functioning
10. 10 Diagnosing Sexual Dysfunction Generalized Dysfunction: Present in all sexual situations at the time of diagnosis Situational Dysfunction: Occurs only in certain situations or with certain partners
12. 12 Sexual Dysfunction: Theory and Therapy The Psychodynamic Perspective: Unresolved Oedipal conflicts The Behavioral and Cognitive Perspectives: Learned anxiety and the spectator role Assessment Direct symptomatic treatment
13. 13 Sexual Dysfunction: Theory and Therapy Multifaceted Treatment: Remote causes Family systems theory Results of Cognitive-Behavioral direct treatment
14. 14 Paraphilias Fetishism: Reliance on inanimate objects or on a body part for sexual gratification Transvestism: Sexual gratification through dressing in the clothes of the opposite sex
15. 15 Paraphilias Exhibitionism: Sexual gratification through display of one’s genitals to an involuntary observer Voyeurism: Sexual gratification through clandestine observation of other people’s sexual activities or sexual anatomy
16. 16 Paraphilias Sadism: Sexual gratification through infliction of pain and/or humiliation on others Masochism: Sexual gratification through pain and/or humiliation inflicted on oneself
17. 17 Paraphilias Frotteurism: French word meaning to “rub” Sexual gratification through touching and rubbing against a non-consenting person Pedophilia: Sexual gratification, on the part of the adult, through sexual contact with prepubescent children
18. 18 Paraphilias: Theory and Therapy The Psychodynamic Perspective: Oedipal fixation Group and individual therapy The Behavioral Perspective: Conditioning Unlearning deviant patterns
19. 19 Paraphilias: Theory and Therapy The Cognitive Perspective: Learning deviant attitudes Combating deviant beliefs The Neuroscience Perspective: Contributions and causes
20. 20 Gender Identity Disorders Gender Identity Disorder (GID): A group of patterns characterized by a central dilemma, that of having a gender identity, opposite to one’s biological gender Gender dysphoria Desire to change to the other gender
22. 22 Recapping the Main Points Classifying Sexual Behavior Sexual Dysfunction Sexual Dysfunction: Theory and Therapy Paraphilias Paraphilias: Theory and Therapy Gender Identity Disorders (GID)
23. 23 End of Chapter 13 Sexual Dysfunctions, Paraphilias, and Gender Identity Disorders