Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39160411›Full record

ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2025

Causal Attributions of Low Sexual Desire in Women Partnered with Men.

Eun Ju Son, Logan E Wilkinson, Lydia V K Mathi, Emily A Harris, Arlette Ibrahim, Will J Beischel, Sara B Chadwick, Jessie Miller, Sari M van Anders

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Eun Ju SonDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Humphrey Hall, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Logan E WilkinsonDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Humphrey Hall, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Lydia V K MathiDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Humphrey Hall, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Emily A HarrisMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Arlette IbrahimDepartment of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Will J BeischelDepartment of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sara B ChadwickDepartment of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Jessie MillerFaculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Sari M van AndersDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Humphrey Hall, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada. sari.vananders@queensu.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-5343-2059

Funding

Canada Research Chairs 150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low sexual desire in women partnered with men has been the subject of controversy and research over the past decades, including both as construct and diagnosis. Despite discussion surrounding the causes of low desire, there is a gap in research about how women themselves understand the causes of their low desire and the potential consequences of these causal attributions. In the current study, we investigated this by asking 130 women who had low desire and were partnered with men about their attributions for low desire. Through content analysis, we identified five attribution categories: psychological/individual, relational, biological, sociocultural, and/or sexual orientation/identity/status. Many participants chose more than one category, indicating a multifaceted nature of women's causes of low desire. We then quantitatively assessed women's feelings of responsibility for, and emotions surrounding, their low desire. Our findings indicate that the majority-but not all-of women have negative feelings about their low desire. However, the specific emotions they experience are related to their attribution patterns. This underscores the significance of investigating various facets of women's attributions regarding low desire in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their emotional experiences and desire overall.

Indexed as

LibidoSexual BehaviorSexual Dysfunctions, PsychologicalSexual PartnersAdultEmotionsFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAttributionsDSM-5Sexual desireSexual orientationWomen

Identifiers

PMID39160411

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.