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Wellbeing and sexual esteem as predictors of women's sexual satisfaction and functioning
Dr Sandra Vilarinho

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Research has shown important associations between dimensions of well being and women’s sexuality (e.g., Heiman, 2002; Wiederman & Hurst, 1998) However, most studies have been restricted to the context of physical disability (e.g., Hassouneh-Phillips et al., 2005; Taleporos & McCabe, 2002), and very few have considered those variables together in order to clarify their differential impact on sexual experiences. For example, the specific role and relation between self-esteem and sexual esteem is still unclear. Following this, our goal was to investigate how components of women´s well being and sexual esteem may interact with sexual function and satisfaction.

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Conflict of Interest: None disclosed
Financial Support/Funding:Foundation for Science and Technology
Recorded: The 19th WAS World Congress of Sexual Health, Goteborg (Sweden) June 2009

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Wellbeing and sexual esteem as predictors of women's sexual satisfaction and functioning	Sandra Vilarinho	09'32
Wellbeing and sexual esteem as predictors of women's sexual satisfaction and functioning
Wellbeing and sexual esteem as predictors of women's sexual satisfaction and functioning

Dr Sandra Vilarinho

Sandra Vilarinho is a clinical psychologist, sex therapist, researcher, Master in Clinical Psychology and Ph.D in Psychology (specialisation in sexology) Faculty of Psychology, University of Coimbra. She has a scholarship form the Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FCT), co-author of a research project funded by the FCT for the study of women's sexual health in Portugal. She is a member of the Group for Research in Clinical Sexology Cineicc- University of Coimbra / Laboratory Unit for Research in Human Sexuality - University of Aveiro. Participates in several research projects and has worked and investigated especially in the area of female seuality. She is part of the Directorate of the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology . Together with Pedro Noble, she has presented research at several national and international events, having received the award for best scientific paper at the last European Congress held in Rome.