Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2009 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Serra, Melina
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| Orientador(a): |
Bassani, Marlise Aparecida |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Psicologia: Psicologia Clínica
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| Departamento: |
Psicologia
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| País: |
BR
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Palavras-chave em Inglês: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15823
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Resumo: |
The vaginismus is characterized by ICD-10 (1993) as a spasm of muscles surrounding the vagina, causing occlusion of the vaginal opening, making possible the penetration of the penis or painful. Since 1990, the World Health Organization says the sex as one of the pillars for ensuring the quality of life. This study sought to understand how women, with vaginismus diagnoses and living in the city of São Paulo experience quality of life, from Psychology phenomenological approach. Four women participated in this research, aging between 34 and 43 years. The instruments used were: WHOQOL-bref, Instrument of Self-Perceived Quality of Life (Serra and Bassani) and open interview. Data were analyzed from the features of human existence - being in the world, temporalizing, and choose spatialization (Forghieri, 2004). The data indicated that sexual disorders affect any of the participants. The vaginismus seems to underline the world of these women, in their relationships with the environment, with others or with themselves. Most of the participants can live with keeping their experiences, expanding their temporalizing. They reported having lived alternatives ways of existence, with a prevalence of concerned and focused; information about sexual disorders and treatment options can provide a better understanding of the vaginismus, in order to facilitate the achievement of choices. This study indicates that: 1) the vaginismus affects all areas of life of these participants, with more intensity: health, sexual and emotional ones. 2) Health, sexual, family and social affairs, are the areas most directly affected on the overall assessment of quality of life. 3) getting information, understanding of the disorder and being able to attend to properly treatment, can promote the welfare of participants. 4) The resolution of the complaint of vaginismus influences the improvement and new meanings for quality of life |
