TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychogenic impotence
T2 - Is it possible to differentiate it from organic impotence with personality, psychopathological and defensive indexes?
AU - Orlandinim, A.
AU - Rizzi, P.
AU - Fossati, A.
AU - Parlangeli, M. A.
AU - Montorsi, F.
AU - Guazzoni, G.
AU - Ferini-Strambi, L.
AU - Maffei, C.
PY - 1993/12
Y1 - 1993/12
N2 - In this study, the authors compared 2 samples of patients suffering from organic (N.29) and psychogenic (N.52) erectile dysfunction, with the aim of identifying psychological dimensions which could differentiate between the two samples and adequate psychometric instruments to measure them. The following evaluation scales were used: Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire- Revised (PDQ-R), Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90) and Defense Style Questionnaire-Short Form (DSQ-SF) in order to assess personality traits, psychiatric symptoms and defensive styles, respectively. PDQ-R, SCL-90 and DSQ-SF were found to be inadequate to differentiate between the two samples of psychogenically and organically impotent patients. Moving from this negative result the authors formulate some hypothesis on the possibility and the opportunity of research on this direction, and on the possible meaning of psychogenic impotence.
AB - In this study, the authors compared 2 samples of patients suffering from organic (N.29) and psychogenic (N.52) erectile dysfunction, with the aim of identifying psychological dimensions which could differentiate between the two samples and adequate psychometric instruments to measure them. The following evaluation scales were used: Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire- Revised (PDQ-R), Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90) and Defense Style Questionnaire-Short Form (DSQ-SF) in order to assess personality traits, psychiatric symptoms and defensive styles, respectively. PDQ-R, SCL-90 and DSQ-SF were found to be inadequate to differentiate between the two samples of psychogenically and organically impotent patients. Moving from this negative result the authors formulate some hypothesis on the possibility and the opportunity of research on this direction, and on the possible meaning of psychogenic impotence.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01102170
DO - 10.1007/BF01102170
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027140289
SN - 0146-1044
VL - 11
SP - 259
EP - 267
JO - Sexuality and Disability
JF - Sexuality and Disability
IS - 4
ER -