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Self‐Reported Sexual Behaviors of Schizophrenic Clients and Noninstitutionalized Adults
Author(s) -
Bell Clara E.,
Wringer Paula Harmon,
Davidhizar Ruth,
Samuels Myra L.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1993.tb00411.x
Subject(s) - feeling , sexual intercourse , psychology , clinical psychology , sexual behavior , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , population , environmental health
In this descriptive study the authors compare self‐reported sexual behaviors of a group of hospitalized psychiatric clients with a group of noninstitutionalized adults. An interview method was used to obtain information about interest in sex, frequency of intercourse, and sexual satisfaction. Control group members and clients reported about the same interest in sex, frequency of intercourse, and satisfaction in their younger years. In their current lives, however, clients reported slightly less sexual feeling and a much lower frequency of intercourse. Nearly half of the clients were not having intercourse, with the majority of those attributing the reason as hospitalization. Concerns about normalizing the institutional environment for sexual expression for chronically mentally ill persons are discussed.